Were there still many shortcomings in the analysis?
No, the analysis was too complete. Unless he added basic content that only a Troll would not understand, there was really nothing left to add.
Thinking of that, Snape curled his lip and chose not to answer the question.
He shifted into a different sitting position. "The improved potion formula you produced this time is very different from your previous improved potion formulas... Why did this change occur?"
Professor Snape did not intend to answer the question he himself had raised, and Vizet did not dwell on it. Instead, he began answering Snape's question.
"Professor Snape, it's like this..." he explained. "These past two days, while I was improving the potion formula, I heard an interesting story from Luna."
"Mm... It was a little story..." His tone paused as he organized his words. "Roughly speaking, there were two children who were afraid they would be punished by their mother if they dirtied the bed, so they chose to dirty the sofa instead."
"Heh! A petty little trick by people who think they're clever! Do they think they won't be punished if they dirty the sofa?" Snape sneered twice. "Idiots like that are suited for Gryffindor. I imagine Gryffindor would be very happy to accept them."
Vizet nodded and said in an approving tone, "At first, I also thought it was a... laughably clever little trick."
"But after I thought about it carefully, I realized that hidden within such a little trick was actually a rather ingenious strategy."
"Suppose those two children were bound to dirty something, making their mother's punishment unavoidable. In that case, choosing to dirty the sofa became a smart move."
"At least after they dirtied the sofa, their mother's punishment would probably be... making them clean the sofa. If