Ethan looked up from his cup and smiled at Eliza. "No.. this is great," he said, inclining his cup slightly towards her. "I like tea sometimes.. I just prefer coffee, espresso actually." His morning ritual.. he wasn't sure he could function without his daily caffeine. He shrugged a little. "I wouldn't mind if the tea they had gotten for class was halfway decent. That was the worst cup of tea I had ever had.. so I'm really grateful you brought some of your own." He grinned at her, hoping there were no leaves stuck in his teeth or anything.

Pulling his textbook from his bag, he began flipping through to the appropriate section then looked up at the question. "Oh, that heating charm? No.. it's a relatively simple spell.. You haven't learned it yet?" He was a bit surprised, hadn't they used it in class previously? But maybe not.. "You just run your wand around the rim and the incantation is Chaudensis.. you should try it on your next reading." Useful spell, that one was..

He glanced up at Eliza as she looked into his cup and confirmed his findings. Good.. he wasn't completely crazy and making things up. Heh.. one-horned goat.. he chuckled a little. "Lump of coal?" he glanced back into his cup, not getting the reference, and shrugged. "Yeah, I suppose it could be that too.. I guess I'll just go with my initial thought then if it could be any of them.. a closed fist." He wondered what that would mean and if he would like the meaning better than any of the others..

He looked up at her, then peered into her cup as the younger Claw began assessing her leaves. Oh, it did look like a lily, he thought with a smile. Maybe a stargazer.. Anyway.. "Yeah.. I can definitely see all those," he said with a nod, then he tilted his head slightly as he thought over her words about Tessomancy in general. "Well.." he began after a moment's thought. "I think they can be true.. but maybe not always in the way that we're looking for. Like, perhaps it's not as literal as we think and we have to dig deeper to find its meaning and how it really relates to our life or path.." Of course, that was just his opinion on Divination in general.. who knew if he was right or way off the mark?

Then he leaned back a little, listening thoughtfully as Eliza presented her findings and interpretations. "Good luck in the future is always a good thing, yeah?" He grinned a little then continued listening. Getting over being shy..? Hmm.. he hadn't really thought of Eliza as a shy person, but maybe it was situational. He tilted his head and gave her a curious look as she seemed to be looking at him strangely. Maybe she was wondering what he thought of her symbol? "So, maybe it doesn't exactly mean that your overall personality is shy because that's never the impression that I got of you," he started with a small grin. "It could mean more about a situation you are reluctant to be in or do something in.. and that you need to work to overcome that.. does that seem at all relevant?" He looked at her questioningly before she continued with her third symbol.

The flower meant good things.. He grinned, then chuckled a little at her theory of its meaning. "It's always a good thing to hang out with a friend, yeah?" And the good mood was great.. so it seemed pretty spot on. "Maybe more good things to come today, too.." he added with a raised brow. The entire day would be considered the present, right? And dreams to come true.. He shrugged a little. "The day's not over.. maybe something you've been thinking about will come to fruition.. even if it's something minor.. What had you been meditating on when you drank your tea, if you don't mind me asking?"

Okay.. so now it was his turn. "Alright, my first symbol near the rim which would be the present reading, I thought looked like a candle." He turned to that symbol in the book and his green eyes skimmed the passage. "It says that a lit candle represents faith and motivation." He thought for a moment, then shrugged. "I had been thinking about Quidditch so maybe that is related to faith in my new position and a motivation for the season to start?" He chuckled a little bit. Obviously Elise had some sort of faith in him or else she wouldn't have had him replace Dustin.

"So, I think we decided this one here in the middle was a unicorn," he said with a chuckle and he flipped to that page, reading the meaning. "Apparently I have psychic powers," he finally said, chuckling a bit more. "Not really sure what that has to do with Quidditch or what might happen in two weeks.. What do you think?" Christmas was in two weeks, perhaps he would successfully predict what kind of gift he would get and maybe it would relate to an upcoming game.. he didn't know. Maybe that one would remain to present itself in its own time.

"Next, I settled on a fist as a symbol.." It was what he thought of first and he was fairly certain first impressions counted here. "The book says a closed hand relates to an argument or disagreement," he said with the hint of a frown. So how would that relate to Quidditch in the future? Hopefully not a disagreement with one of his teammates.. he hated arguments.. Maybe there would be some sort of dispute over the cup? "So.. what do you think?" he asked Eliza, looking up, just wondering for a general impression about his entire reading. It was always good to get more than one view on these sorts of things, he thought.