Well, Professor Hirsh surely was giddy. If Mason didn't know any better, she'd say that he was more excited than the students. But then again, it felt like it was impossible for anybody to be more excited than she was.

Mason made note of the rules, she was generally a very outspoken person, so she was going to have to learn how to keep her mouth shut. Had anybody seriously ever tried doing an Unforgivable Curse? Hopefully no one in this class had that idea.

Mason raised her hand her hand at the Professor's question: Obviously she had two of her favourite spells in mind. "I like using Flipendo in duels, Professor. It gives you a little time to figure out what you want to do, since it would be pretty hard for your opponent to attack you instantly after he did a spine-breaking backflip. But I suppose they could counter it with Finite Incantatum." she told him, "Rictusempra is also one of my favourite defence spells, expect it is very unpleasant if you are the victim."

Laughing was good and all, but that excessive laughter was horrible. But she liked making people laugh, so it was a win-win spell in her book.