"Great, thanks," Ethan replied, returning Belle's smile. "My old school didn't have moving staircases, though there were plenty of hidden passages, but I never seemed to get lost." This place seemed a lot trickier than Beauxbatons... or maybe it was just because he had gotten used to it over the years.

And speaking of his old school, Belle seemed to be quite interested in it. "Yeah," he shrugged casually since it wasn't really a big deal to him. "I went there up until about a week ago... Nothing exciting, really," he added, somewhat curious why anyone would find his previous school interesting. "Just another school, like this one." Although they weren't exactly the same, Ethan did find a lot of similarities between the schools... so far, at least.

"I guess my family does travel a lot," he added after a moment's thought. Ethan hadn't thought about it much before, but he guessed he was pretty lucky to be able to visit a lot of countries. "I've never heard of that place before though," the Ravenclaw said, trying to place her accent. It did sound American so he figured that must be where she was from. "Is that in the US?" he asked. "That's one country I've never been. Is it much different than Britain?" Or any part of Europe, he wondered as that's where he spent most of his life. "Are you Muggle-born?" he also wondered aloud, being that she did say 'from the Muggle world.' Muggle life was fairly fascinating to Ethan, especially their 'technology' and the ways they got around without magic.