See, she couldn't for the life of her understand why some people, primarily Culloden, made her group out to be a bunch of monsters. They weren't, they were merely spirited individuals that needed a bit of guidance from time to time. She was all for chalking this chat down to be one thing, successful.

"Oh... I see." Labs.. that sounded ominous. "I suppose that's fair enough, though are you supplementing your learning still? Perhaps brew things without their presence?" Needed to keep those skills up, and if it was points she was after and interested in gaining as opposed to learning, then a little initiative on her part could be rewarded.

Seren loved toast, but hated that it cooled too quickly, so she scoffed it down, sucking the sticky jam from her fingers in the aftermath. She had to shake her head... did the girl know nothing of how this worked?

"I'm not interested in taking your points... I want to see Gryffindor win too you know? It's been far too long. No, if I wanted to punish you I'd get you doing odd jobs for the care taker, or helping me out in the greenhouses... or detention..." did she see where she was going with this? Removing the wand from her pocket, she placed it on the table between them. "Have your wand back, but use it responsibly." Or as responsibly as humanly possible by Zahra's standards, whatever that was.