Colt heard Hady's question and he turned his head and shook his head. "No I don't live there anymore. I try to visit there as much as I can. I live in London at the moment but before London I lived in Russia to be closer to Durmstrang because of my mothers job.." Yeah his mothers job made him move around a lot. "Yeah I am relieved I found one too. I mean it was a hassle in itself because I know I didn't want a snow owl because my cousin has one and I feel like they are too popular ya know? No offense if you have a snow owl." he added to both of them. He nodded and clarified yet again, "Yeah traveling like moving around a lot always being the new kid because of my mothers job." he shrugged. He was slightly getting used to it.

Brooklyn had been listening to the conversation between Hady and the new boy, of course. Not that she particularly cared as to whether he’d found an owl, whether it had bitten him, or anything else that had been said. She just preferred knowing what was going on, in case it proved useful later on. She still hadn’t decided if the boy could be someone who she could tolerate yet, after all, even given her approval regarding his entering the compartment. That was just because it meant she knew something, and that her compartment companion wasn’t someone she already knew she had a bias against. But then, she figured Adi was likely in the prefect’s compartment, or off with one friend or another. Not bothering her, and she hadn’t seen Frankie or Clyde so far. Avoiding the latter of those two was easy though, since she was still convinced he was afraid of her. It was simple to avoid someone who was avoiding you.

She’d given the boy a rather dubious expression at his statement he’d been born in Brooklyn, New York. “I wasn’t,” she said simply, even as she’d filed away his name silently. Odds were her dad might have gotten her name from there, since she knew her grandparents had lived in New York at one point or another when he was younger. Plus, Lily lived in New York now. But the important part was that her name didn’t mean anything other than that it was her name. Just like she figured he wasn’t named after a baby horse. Or maybe he was, but she didn’t care to ask.

Besides, Hady had asked about her summer. Even if he’d offered his own answer, she shrugged it off. It hadn’t been obvious who the question was aimed toward, no fault of Hady’s. And the other girl had stepped further into the compartment and slid the door closed, which made things more private. Even easier. “My dad had work, so we stayed here most of the time. My mom’s heading to New York now though to visit my sister,” she replied with a shrug. She could have gone, if school hadn’t been starting. She could’ve visited her grandparents in California too, but she’d chosen not to.

“I wouldn’t want a snowy owl even if someone offered it to me. I’d rather have a gyrfalcon.” And she was planning on getting one, even if it meant bribing someone.