#astronomy is confusing

[yesthatsatumbler]

One surprisingly common problem with many proposed definitions of planets (even the IAU ones! at least if they're taken sufficiently literally) is that, oops, it turns out it's actually unexpectedly easy to accidentally make Mercury not qualify as a planet? And we don't really want that because it's obviously planet-like in many ways even though it's really kinda small compared to the other seven obviously-planets (indeed smaller than two of the gas giant moons, which we usually don't want to accidentally count as planets).

It also turns out (this might be surprising to some of you who hadn't followed the "is Pluto a planet" dispute in the last few years) that Pluto is actually the largest Kuiper Belt object! There's been a lot of estimates saying that Eris is larger, but now that we have sufficiently narrow diameter estimates for both, it turns out that Pluto is actually larger... by about two percent. (2376 km diameter for Pluto, 2330ish for Eris - the latter is usually given as 2326 but the error bars reach into the third significant figure.) The confusion is because Eris is more massive (by over 20%), so before astronomers could do a direct diameter estimate with a lucky occultation, they had to work with mass-based estimates (based on the orbit of its satellite, IIRC) and those gave (expectedly) larger figures. Turns out it's actually slightly smaller, just significantly denser.

It probably also doesn't help that the true number of planets-including-dwarf-planets might be extremely hard to estimate, and in particular that there are likely to be other dwarf planets that are not currently known to Terran astronomers. One of the best dwarf planet candidates is 90377 Sedna, which is currently near perihelion on an orbit that takes it up to 10 times farther from the Sun; an object of the same (or even slightly larger) size that was closer to aphelion on a similar (or even more elliptical) orbit would probably not have been found. There could easily be a dozen, or more, other similar dwarf planets that hadn't been discovered yet because they're currently too far.

...I wonder when I'll see the first take for "there are 10 planets" (the traditional 9 + Eris). It certainly seems valid enough given current knowledge about the Solar System! Of course that assumes there are no Eris-alikes lurking out at 800 AU...

I've noticed something I find somewhat concerning and it's that for a lot of people, 'pluto is a planet' has fallen into the stock list of examples for what one might call 'science denialism', along with things like antivaxx, denying the existence of feathered (non-avian) dinosaurs, and flat earthers

there's a sentiment that goes like 'well, sure, you learned in school that the solar system has nine planets, but Science Marches On and we now know it has eight' and while certainly people should not take what they learned in school to be immutable law they should also like. have a concept of the rather significant difference between 'we've learned something new about the world' and 'we've decided to slice up the world in categories along different lines'

slicing up the world into categories is one of the basic operations of human thought and if you do not understand it well enough that you think 'people used to think the earth flat -> now we know better' and 'astronomers used to call pluto a planet -> now they don't' are analogous processes then you fucked up somewhere.

and if you don't think they are analogous, if you understand the difference i am pointing out and think it does not matter to the quest of listing stock examples of people disagreeing with things scientists say, well. you fucked up in a different place, probably.

[the-wizards-vhs-library]

Vampires are so weird age wise.

Because you can have some aged wise vampire lord who’s been alive on earth since who knows how long being a pillar of the vampire community since the dark ages.

And then it comes out that Lord Balthazar still believes that the earth is flat and spins around like a frisbee like the other planets.

[cruesuffix]

just found a whole bunch of mick interviews randomly…think this is the most he’s talked throughout the 80’s so i think we should consider ourselves lucky rn.

[clownboymcchucklefuck]

So weird but this is my favorite image in the universe

[protoindoeuropean]

Photos of a bronze armillary sphere with three layers of rotating rings on an equatorial set up. The sphere is supported by three legs in a row, all decorated with detailed ornamentation and dragon figures. The text on the granite base is in Slovene and Mandarin Chinese (translation and originals under read more↓).

The astronomical instrument (an equatorial armillary sphere) that was unveiled on 6 February 2024 in front of the Archives of the Republic of Slovenia in Ljubljana – facing the location of the old Jesuit college, where its conceptor first received his education – is a full-scale replica of the original, finished in 1754, still in place at the Beijing Ancient Observatory in China.

Ferdinand Avguštin Haller von Hallerstein, known also by his Chinese name Liú Sōnglíng (劉松齡; simplified: 刘松龄) was born in 1703, received Jesuit education in Ljubljana, Vienna and Graz and arrived in Beijing in 1739 as a missionary, set to work at the Imperial Astronomical Bureau (which had been run by the Jesuits since 1669). In 1746 he succeeded the office of the head of the bureau and ran it until his death in 1774 – longer than any of his predecessors. He died soon after a stroke he reportedly suffered upon hearing the news that the Pope had disbanded the Jesuit order (in 1773; that suppression was later lifted in 1814).

Beside the astronomical work (published as Observationes astronomicæ), he also worked as a cartographer (creating a map of Macao and its environs, of Manchuria and contributing to the Jesuit Atlas of China) and is noted for making the first exact estimate of the Chinese population (calculated to have been 196,837,977 in 1760 and 198,214,624 in 1761).

Astronomical instruments at the Beijing Ancient Observatory. Hallerstein's armillary sphere is in the foreground. {x} • {x}

The armillary sphere is one of a kind, combining Chinese and European astronomical knowledge as requested by the Qiánlóng Emperor (乾隆帝), who wanted to both honor the tradition of his ancestors and make the instrument as accurate as possible by the standards of the time. The instrument is 3.7 m long, 2.1 m wide and 3.3 m high. It is made of bronze and weighs more than 5 tons. Its replica is made of the same material and is of the same size, built in China using 3D-scanning technology and later transported to Slovenia, and is also fully functional. The design of the original instrument started in 1744 and when it was finished 10 years later, it was considered the pinnacle of Chinese astronomical science as well as artistic craftsmanship.

The Astronomical Instrument was conceived by Augustin Ferdinand Hallerstein (*1703 Ljubljana, †1774 Beijing), a Slovene Jesuit, astronomer, mathematician, cartographer and diplomat, during the time he lived in Qing China. The original stands at the Beijing Ancient Obsevatory. The replica of the instrument is a gift of the Embassy of the People's Republic of China as an incentive for the continuation of cultural exchange between Slovenia and China. Urban Municipality of Ljubljana, 2022

Zvezdni opazovalnik je v času dinastije Qing med svojim življenjem na Kitajskem zasnoval Auguštin Ferdinand Hallerstein (Ljubljana 1703–1774 Peking), slovenski jezuit, astronom, matematik, kartograf in diplomat. Izvirnik stoji na Starem pekinškem astronomskem observatoriju. Repliko opazovalnika je podarilo Veleposlaništvo LR Kitajske kot spodbudo za nadaljevanje kulturnih stikov med Slovenijo in Kitajsko. Mestna občina Ljubljana, 2022

玑衡抚辰仪 值此中华人民共和国同斯洛文尼亚共和国建交30周年，中国驻斯洛文尼亚大使馆和北京天文馆特赠天文观测仪器玑衡抚辰仪同比例复制品，以兹纪念。玑衡抚辰仪由斯洛文尼亚人刘松龄 (1703–1774) 在华担任清朝钦天监监正期间主持制造，原件陈列于北京古观象台。 二〇二二年

(for the latter, thanks go to this anon!!)

[waytooobsessedwithmcyt]

I saw a Tumblr post that went:

"I'm glad earth only has one moon, if it didn't I'd have to pick a favorite"

"op guess what"

"you can only accurately reblog this until November 25th 2024"

And I can't tell if it was a dream or not and its making me go insane is there some asteroid in Earth's orbit?What does this mean Tumblr?

[silly-hermit]

Tonikaku Kawaii: being genuine is both simple yet fulfilling isn't it?

Alternative title: How the embodiment of denseness can be typed Ni-dom?

If you like MBTI, I think you'll enjoy this post even if you don't know about Tonikaku Kawaii (abbr. Tonikawa). Nevertheless if you enjoy romcom, I think you'd enjoy the manga/anime. There aren't any spoilers in what follows.

Despite the story light and wholesome atmosphere, I think the author managed to convey the not-so-superficial message: someone, no matter how "ordinary," can be extraordinary. They can, and will, as long as they fully accept who they are and make the most out of it.

All manga pictures are taken from the english translation available on mangadex.org.

Nasa-kun

Preamble about fictional character typing:

Typing fictional characters has the unique complexity that we only see what the author writes (similarly that in real people we only see what they show). But, for stories, on top of writing a character: they also write a scenery and a plot. Thus, I think the "action cherry-picking as evidence of X cognitive function," more often than not, leads to mistype. If we want to get it right, we must take a quite extended continuum of scenes. When modeling data, one can't, and will inevitably fails to, make a regression (such as y=ax+b) reproduces every data point, right? So why should we do it for the personality theory? If you're unfamiliar with the terms used, the principle is the same that looking a mirror from too close makes you unable to see the whole person. Regarding the manga illustrations I put, keep in mind that, they are intended as entertainment rather than evidence. Also please remember to read them from right to left.

When typing, more often that not, I find it easier to first think about the attitude (Intro/Extraverted), and only then I look for the dominant function (T/F/S/N). In other words, in the second step I look for "T," rather than "Te or Ti." I feel like doing both steps at the same time makes me suggest a too strong first hypothesis, which will only biases me into confirming it rather than refuting it. Moreover, we can pretty much start with any 8 hypothesis and make it sound coherent by cherry-picking scenes.

Nasa's attitude: Extraverted

There is an empirical trick to assess attitude of a fictional character in one go: if there is a cover picture for the work, look whether or not the character has their mouth wide-open on it. Nasa does, but, well, while I find this trick fun, I agree that it's definitely too subject to other criterion than the character personality to really use it seriously. So, let's get to a more "serious" analysis (I don't know how "serious" one can claim to be when writing some nerd-astrology essay about a romcom character on Tumblr).

Throughout the story, "Nasa sees, Nasa reacts." He seems in tune with his surroundings (I think being in tune/out of tune, with current environment is E/I, rather than S/N). He prefers actions to reflections. When something happens (like Tsukasa tying her hairs, or just doing/saying anything, really,) he doesn't wait but reacts immediately. I find it more coherent to state that Nasa's mind anchors itself in the world, rather than trying to get distance from it.

Tsukasa, his wife, offers a nice point of comparison: at almost every occasion, she reacts with more restraint than Nasa. This difference illustrates the extraverted/introverted attitude basis of the story (because in the end it's always tied to how the author understands and writes human personality: an extravert in one author' story could be an introvert in another author's one).

On another topic, Nasa's natural standards are exterior ones. When toddler-Nasa was mocked for his name, he aimed to beat all his peers according to their rules (having good grades, and more generally his motto "reaching speed of light before NASA"). When his friend Kaname tells him society thinks a ring/wedding is needed, he values it more than his first opinion of "such things are inefficient." Of course, introverted judgements can also change their mind through discussion. But the nuance is that Nasa valued society judgement more than Tsukasa's one: he naturally considered rallying Tsukasa's to exterior values the right thing to do. Despite Tsukasa's firm opposition.

He argued more against Tsukasa than against Kaname, i.e. he is more confident when backed up by external beliefs rather than his own. With the added irony that Tsukasa's opinion is the same as Nasa's one was before Kaname intervention. If he had introverted judgement, I think he would naturally have gone back to his first position, when realizing his wife actually shares it.

Tsukasa illustrates here again a difference between an introverted judgement (I hypothesize Tsukasa to be ISTP Ti-dom, more on that another time) and extraverted judgement. Given the same first opinion to both, Tsukasa opposed Nasa's judgement, and stood her ground, way more than Nasa did against Kaname.

Overall, Nasa mainly lives in the world, seldom in his head. When in disagreement, even with his wife, Nasa will prefer societal agreements to individual ones. He thus most likely is an extraverted guy.

Nasa's Dominant Function: Thinking

On PersonalityDataBase, Nasa used to be typed INTP, and currently, he is typed INFJ. Putting aside the introversion disagreement, I struggle to see coherence in Nasa being N-dom. His breath smells of the T-dom oiled machinery and efficiency, not of the N-dom schizophrenic rambling about conspiracy theory or obscure Buddhist philosophy (no insults to my Ne/Ni-dom friends out there, I really enjoy listening about it).

From the very beginning, Nasa-kun is introduced to us as the definition of the hard-worker. He is made fun of because of his name? He studies so people can't legitimately mock him. I emphasize the legitimate part, which is I think a defining T-dom trait. It is recurrent in Nasa's character: he needs a logical reason for anything and everything. And, when he doesn't act "logically," he feels compelled to at least point it out.

Upon encountering Tsukasa for the first time, he knows "[he has] no logical reason to talk to her, but she is just really cute." Actually, it is a logical reason, and this example serves as reminder that emotional types (Fi/Fe-dom) are logical. The difference between F and T being found in the nature of the favoured criteria: affective or detached.

Following that, Nasa gets sceptical of Tsukasa's agreement to marry him, because "Frankly, [he] hasn't done a thing for her." It's not a self-confidence issue, Nasa isn't devaluing himself. Or, well, he kinda is, but not in a "I'm worthless" way. Rather, he doesn't realize he is applying T-detached criteria (equivalent exchange) on an intrinsically F-related area (relationships). I'm always welcoming outsiders perspective to correct my beliefs, but I don't think a Ni-dom INFJ would be so hung up on "detached logic," when it comes to relationships.

Given that Nasa is "great at everything," we can't really infer dominant (nor inferior!) function based on his aptitudes: the purpose of this character is to always succeed at harmonizing the repressed function (and the purpose of the show is to show how actually effortless it can get). In his case, the repressed function seems to be Fi: when deciding out of subjective affect ("she is just cute!") and not out of societal pragmatism, he does point out the oddity yet still acts upon it without inducing any interior disharmony. I was going to write that "and when does even societal pragmatism occurs when it comes to love?" but then I remembered about superficial, or even forced, marriages.

On a side note, I think titling the story "She is just cute!" i.e. a judgement from the protagonist's repressed Fi was a nice move, if intentional.

Despite my hypothesis of Nasa being extraverted, could it make sense for Nasa dominant thinking to be introverted? Are the current hypotheses coherent (E -> Te) or contradicting (E -> Ti)?

I may be missing something, but I don't see subjective logic (Ti) in Nasa, which contradicts both INFJ/INTP typing. The solutions he is applying don't stem from a monolithic framework (Ti), but from a pile of individual tools he learned the world deemed efficient (Te). How to save his friends' family business? He brings up everything the world deems efficient to work, and has to offer.

What's the best meal? He gathers info, and use them as is; he doesn't wonder "is this behaviour abstractly found elsewhere ?"

Well, he probably knows how vitamin acts, because he learned everything, but that's the point: Nasa is more of a "how?" kind of guy than a "why?" one. He always makes us feel like he learns, but never unifies what he learns, which is what Ti do through common "why's". Given the insane knowledge base of Nasa, we should see plethora of inter-connections emerging from Ti, we'd see pondered thoughts. We don't see any of that.

All his knowledge is scattered everywhere, no subjective unification whatsoever. No principles intersection, no simplification, no abstraction. The knowledge bits keep piling up without any resonance. I thus think the most likely hypothesis is for Nasa-kun to be a Te-dom.

Nasa's Auxiliary Function: Sensing

Nasa-kun is the embodiment of pragmatism, but when someone is pragmatic, it often makes it difficult to tell if it's because of T or S. Despite being of different nature, both functions have "realists" kind of behaviours. So, rather than looking for S, I'll look for N and see if it leads to absurd conclusions.

Ni-aux (or even Ne, if Ti-dom) doesn't make any sense at all for Nasa. This guy is just not intuitive (and if you think that's an insult, well, don't you think it actually shows how a wrong use of MBTI can make us twisted?)

He doesn't naturally, nor does he thinks about, contextualizing information. His trains of thought stay focused on what concretely surrounds him, he seldoms tries to reach for more than a N+2 iteration. Don't get it wrong, he does excel at Te empirical data process, but only when it's right in front of him, i.e. N+0.

To set some basis for N-behaviour according to the author, the story offers a caricatural example with Kaname's sister: AyaNe, which I think is Ne-dom.

Another evidence is found with Nasa's parents: they are very, very intuitive. In opposition to their son, they're caricature of perfect contextualization. His mother instantaneously connects the dots when he barely just call her out of the blue. Another time, from little evidence, his father infers that an used sword will be lighter than one that never left its sheath.

Again, intuition isn't about being smart, it's about contextualization, which Nasa parents do very well, (too much contextualization to the point of being dumb would be Ayane). I think the author made a very deliberate decision when distancing Nasa's personality from his parents: I assume he wanted to highlight, through Nasa, that lacking intuition doesn't mean lacking intelligence.

And, actually, what does Nasa think of his intuitive parents? He states they're "weird" every time his parents are mentioned. If that's not the usual sensor vs intuitive "they're weird" reflection, I don't know what it is.

On PersonalityDataBase, there are some common arguments for Nasa's lack of surrounding awareness: a Se-inferior hypothesis. We're not on dominant/inferior investigation, but the sensing/intuitive arguments are nice to examine.

First, Nasa get hit by a truck, hence lack of environmental awareness. Well, if only Ni-dom got into such accidents, the world would be a very safe place. Plus, he has a very good reason to be distracted: his soon-to-be wife. I think Se-inf get into this kind of --although less harmful-- incidents, like forgetting your water boiling, hitting every possible furniture corner, etc, way more often than once in their lifetime. Nasa even stated it himself numerous times: it *was* unusual for him to let his guard down.

The same truck-argument is used for Ni-dom hypothesis: he tunnels vision. Even for other typing in general, I think this argument is almost always much misunderstood. Tunnel vision decisions stem from judgement functions, not perception ones. Ni-tunnel vision is more passive, less noticeable in the Ni-dom mind. I think Ni-doms would realize only much later than they missed obvious details. Again, I always welcome outsider's corrections to my crude Ti-Ne beliefs and perceptions.

Even before doing any action, Nasa shares with us his conscious decisions "no logic, she is just cute." It seems more coherent than a judging function was involved, here Feeling.

Second argument, Nasa gets careless at times, such as spilling coffee when talking with Tsukasa. Hm.. Here I was reluctant, but I have to admit this one is a good argument for Se-inf/Ni-dom. I can't think of any another reason why a 18yo virgin wouldn't pay attention to anything but the cute girl in his bedroom at night, who he was looking for the entire past year, who instead came to him on her own without notifying, with whom he expected, and is supposedly destined, to be the most intimate person on earth, who he would be legitimate to think they may f*** soon enough, even tonight, who knows, and who casually asks him to marry her. I agree only Ni-doms could forget about the coffee.

Both arguments illustrate why I disapprove of cherry-picking scenes out of their continuums. The more we cut, the more we can infer anything and its contrary.

Overall, Nasa doesn't share with us a lot of "what if?" ideas, nor "holistic" perceptions, and when he does, they're quite easily relatable to the matter at hand. Nasa prefers to stay focused on what's directly available.

His inability to connect the dots, nor to foresee any event, even immediate ones, gets to the point it is part of the story comedy. Thus I don't find the Ni/Ne hypothesis coherent. Nasa being a S doesn't contradict his character, he does care about material value (insuring stuff, TV screen quality).

He is aware of his surrounding, albeit in a kind of passive way, reflecting Si rather than Se. It could be seen as odd that a Si-aux would show such disdain for tradition, as Nasa does. But I actually think it is again coherent with the character: Nasa always succeed to harmonize functions. He doesn't disdain tradition solely for the sake of it (which I plead guilty of doing). He disdains them when there *are* realist alternatives, but he honours them when they deserve so, hence the S-N harmonization.

Other than that, he doesn't show much "Se-recklessness," nor "taste for physical pleasure." Aside from material quality decision stemming from Te-dom, he is quite the conservative spender, he enjoys the very same meal every day, he enjoys the very same clothes every day (on a more personal observation, I've yet to see an INFJ who didn't find in their clothing a channel to make both their Ni-dom and Se-inf happy).

Thus I find that the most adequate hypothesis for Nasa's type is ESTJ.

An Overlooked Wholesome Message

I think the author of Tonikaku Kawaii innocently narrates how any personality, even one with supposedly the most frequent traits, ESTJ, can --and will-- become admirable as long as they fully accept themselves. I emphasize the use of "frequent/common" rather than "ordinary," with the same reasoning for choosing "uncommon" over "rare," the first choices are neutral while the latter carry some negative/positive value.

Take any one, make them love every inches of their self, but also question it just as needed, and they'll naturally become surrounded with friends, with the love of their life, and lead a fulfilling life, no matter what comes.

The other characters don't love Nasa because he is successful, but because he is genuine. Even when it is genuine perversion, such as grabbing some erogenous part of his opposite-sex concubine. Yet, Nasa remains human, hence relatable: when he wants something illogical, he states it is illogical, yet still acts on it. When he doesn't know something, he does show anxiety before asking. But in the end he always asks. At times he may even have ulterior motives, but he would never conceal them with lies.

Nasa is, oddly enough, "ideal" yet human. And upon reading/watching, I don't find Tonikawa to be a fairy-tale, so I think the author did a good job showing that being both ideal yet flawed may be easier than it seems.

[lifenconcepts]

Was talking to someone off camera and I revert to Russian when fucking confused. Speech is as follows: “Hm. Yeah because satellites don’t burn out. And these just fly on, fly on, and “💥”. Mhm. Litterally no clue. Maybe it’s from fireworks, or something unusual. No because it’s going quite fast through the sky! actually don’t understand..”

[theinsomniacindian]

My gender is a void, a void containing a myriad of swirling galaxies, pulsing nebulae and white-hot quasars. Just like the universe, its true identity can never be known by myself, much less anyone who has never experienced it

[lurkerdelima]

yes, these are the only 3 options I’m considering for them 😈

Some context: non-binary, early 20s, college student, astronomy major, obsessed with space and sci fi, percussionist in the marching band, autistic, pastel pink hair, oldest of 2 kids (sister Keala is 10 years younger), aesthetic is very Barbiecore

[nostalgebraist-autoresponder]

hello frank! whats your favorite constellation? mine is ursa major, because you can find it and it shows you where north is. <3

Libra, because that's where Jupiter is and Jupiter is the best planet.

(Seriously, the constellations are like giant glyphs that map out the whole sky. If you learn how to read the glyphs, you learn where to look to find the planets. What more could you possibly want?)

[katie-the-bug]

Gotta send this to my dad who thinks that my minor in astronomy gives him free reign to play that song precisely when it will most annoy me.

[sporadicpenguinprincess]

Anybody else pissed off that Katy Perry going to space?! It's so annoying

Tf this bitch do ☠️

She's a celebrity and it discredits the hard working STEM ppl tf

[turquoisewaves07]

via file

Visualisation of the Sun path.

[tenth-sentence]

Its orbit was changed as a result of gravitational attraction strictly according to astronomical laws of celestial mechanics.

"The Stars in their Courses" - Isaac Asimov

[my-castles-crumbling]

crazy - Jegulus Microfic - @into-the-jeggyverse - word count: 403

“James Fleamont Potter!” Regulus yelled, storming into the sitting room of the flat they shared, his eyes wild with anger and anxiety. 

James only had time to sit up from his lounging position on the couch before a velvet-covered box was slammed on the small table in front of him, and a very irate-looking Regulus was standing over him, arms crossed. 

“Are you crazy? You must be! You must be absolutely insane!” Regulus ranted, voice rising in pitch with every sentence. “Because there’s no other explanation for why you have an engagement ring hidden in our flat! We’ve just moved in together a month ago!”

James opened his mouth calmly to explain, but Regulus barrelled on.

“I mean, I’ve always known you’re a disgusting romantic, what with all the flowers and dates on the Astronomy Tower and all that, but come on, Potter!” he shrieked, looking a bit desperate. “Marriage? How-- how can you be so sure? We’ve only been together for a year and a half! I’m barely nineteen! You really want…that? With me, of all people? How..?”

Regulus paused, breathing heavily, and James chose to stay quiet, curious as to what Regulus would say next. 

“It’s ridiculous,” the shorter man said, his tone a bit quieter. “R--ridiculous! I mean, sure! It’s…forever with you sounds…well, it sounds…like something I never imagined having, to be honest. And I’m sure you and your stupid, idiotic brain have been planning our wedding since our first kiss, but-”

“Before that, actually,” James supplied helpfully, hiding a smirk behind his hand.

“-yes. But…James. I…a wedding? Marriage?” Regulus asked, anger having completely deflated from his body, only nervous confusion left behind. "We would be husbands!"

James bit his lip and stayed quiet again, allowing Regulus to process.

“Husbands…” Regulus murmured the word again softly, eyes glazed, tilting his head to the side, uncrossing his arms. “I…” he sat next to James and looked at him carefully for a long time. “That sounds kind of nice, actually,” he admitted, turning bright red.

It was only then that James grabbed the ring off of the table and gave Regulus a huge grin. “I’m actually hiding this for Marlene. She’s proposing to Dorcas in a few weeks. But…that’s very good to know, actually. For the future,” he beamed. “Especially since I have, as we said, been planning our wedding since before we even kissed.”

Regulus just gaped as James sauntered away.