She was early. This was the second lesson this term where Gwen had been one of the first to arrive. She resolved to start leaving later, reasoning that it was because she knew her way around the castle so much better than last year, so she didn't need to build in time in case she got lost.

"Hello," she waved to Culloden as she came in, remembering that he knew how stupid she was now, and avoiding eye contact with the professor. Hopefully Adrienne would sit near her again so Gwen could read the notebook. The thing was, sometimes teachers wrote things up on the board without saying them out loud and expected that by their age, all the kids could read just fine. Which they all could, excepting Gwen-the-dyslexic. It was okay. Gwen would sit by Adrienne when the older girl came in.