Oh wow! They were going to learn about phoenixes. Now that was pretty cool. She'd read about the bird, but hadn't really seen one before. Like many of her class mates were saying they were hard to domesticate, so not many people had them as pets. So to see one in person, was really cool, and Hattie liked it. It was so pretty, though she figured it could probably look ugly too, especially when it was being reborn. Nobody looked pretty when they were being born.

Now to think of an answer to the question. She didn't want to seem like she was just repeating everyone else, because what was the point in that? "Like some of my peers are saying, the phoenix tear has a lot of healing power. It can even protect from basilisk venom, which is pretty much deadly in any other situation"