Althea did her best to not smile too hard at Bentley (she was perpetually disgusted with how giddy she got around him.) And her conversation with Bentley had barely progressed when her lovely older brother decided to interrupt - literally - and sit in between them. What a beautiful coincidence. She rolled her eyes, leaned behind Declan to mouth an apology to Bentley for her brother's obvious attempts to embarrass her, before greeting Declan. "So nice of you to show up to class," she said with a smile - though, it wasn't genuine at all. Katy and Oliver seemed to have appeared out of nowhere, and she flashed both of them a smile before staring pointedly at Oliver for intentionally ignoring both Bentley and Declan. How odd.

She turned her attention back to her brother who seemed to be very interested in showing her his cards, which prompted a story about what happened in the great hall and she did her best to whisper back quietly, making sure to nudge him whenever he was getting too loud. The professor had brought out a phoenix, and it caught her attention. She mulled over for a while, thinking of answers that hadn't been said. Raising her hand, she added: "Phoenixes can also leave behind messages by bursting into flames and reappearing elsewhere." She was pretty sure she'd read that somewhere. "Oh, they leave behind a golden tail feather when they do." Yeah, she was pretty sure that was right; and if it wasn't, well, she didn't really care. Without missing a beat, she turned back to Declan to continue her story about Amias' recent disappearance.