He was thinking of the several ways to tell her quite kindly that he simply was not interested. The notion of getting involved with this witch, vaguely knowing in the back of his mind that there was a frightening possibility of it getting out of hand, was the last thing he was prepared to sign himself up. Especially when it involved a sort of physical intimacy he didn't barter so easily. Not when so much was on the line.

"But well, if practice is how one learns best, then wouldn't it be best to practice with someone who has no attraction to me and whom I have no attraction for as well? Less messy with emotions and all, right? And far easier, I'd think, to tell someone what they are doing wrong when there's no concern about the other not liking you because of the wrongness."

When she put it that way, he wasn't so adverse to the idea. It would be for the sake of science almost, an experiment with an aim- to improve her snogging abilities. And a good cause, after all, even a charity case if one sought to look at it that way, Julian mused. He would be doing her the simple favor, and their platonic relationship or even acquaintenceship (whatever it was that lay between them) would remain as such.

After all, emotions were such things that the human mind could undeniably restrain and control, no?

"Between you and me then, it stays," he agreed with a firm nod, deluding himself silently into thinking it was like a mission of sorts. If not the most dignified kind. His brows knit before he suggested quietly, "We should set a schedule. To map your progress especially, it would be essential."