Look, more people were joining them. She recognized the next boy. Kace, yes? And she'd seen the other hufflepuff boy but didn't know his name either. She also did note that she was surrounded by boys at the moment. Ugh. But she didn't show signs of her displeasure on her face. Instead, Hayden smiled at each new person to join them and give a greeting. "Hey," she said to the new boys. Had they heard her introduction? Hayden wasn't going to repeat it unless one of them asked.

She wasn't opposed to conversing with a group of her housemates but there was no interesting conversation happening yet. So Hayden momentarily turned her gaze back up to the Staff table. Did it look like the headmistress was preparing to give her speech anytime soon? Hayden couldn't tell, but she did notice a few odd things about the staff table. First, there were two empty spots. She understood that the librarian was not there because he was still unconscious or possibly dead, but where was that new Arithmancy professor? Professor Domingo? Second, "Why is Flamsteed wearing that?" Was he really so eager for summer that he couldn't wait another second to don his scuba diving outfit? Or was he just completely insane?