Walking into the Great Hall had brought a slight frown to Patrick's brow as the notice of the tables having supposedly disappeared definitely made him confused, had it been connected to everything that was going on this term? He wasn't entirely sure but he did know that there wasn't entirely much of a point to just stand there and look around when he could have went over to attempt to socialize with his housemates which he hadn't really spoken to before, it wasn't that he was anti social exactly; it was more that he had been a bit hesitant to talk to new people when there weren't pleasant memories of trying to talk to people. Don't expect the worst from these people, you can't just assume something that's unproven and you know that; maybe it's better if you try to make other friends so that you're not by yourself most of the time. Normally he wasn't willing to agree with the social commentary although this time it had in fact been right and he wasn't about to admit otherwise because it would have been like figuratively taking fifteen steps in the wrong direction which was pretty pointless, he knew that certain other people would have been quite pleased to be seeing him talking to others so he was certainly going to make an effort. A few more minutes had passed before he had headed over to the Slytherin sleeping area and that was when he caught the sight of the sleeping bags, it was more or less like camping except without all the fun of being outside and getting to make s'mores which were completely incredible; he took a seat on top of one of the bags then proceeded to set his messenger bag down so that it wasn't going to be uncomfortable. At least he had things to keep him from being bored right now, like his writing but that only could have amused him for so long.