Althea nodded eagerly. "Of course, anything for you." And she meant it. Kath was someone very special to her, so she would help her out in any way she could. It was exciting, sort of, thinking about doing something so political. Althea never really bothered with such things, but Kath had made a point; they would never learn if they didn't have the means to practice at home. And it was such an archaic law that really, as they approached the twenty-second century, needed to be gutted.

"Thank you, really, you're always helping me out. I feel like I'm burdening you." She didn't want Kath to think that she wasn't capable enough or that she was dead-weight or anything like that. But she would accept any help that her friend offered because Kath was incredibly smart and Althea could do no wrong with studying with her. Althea felt her cheeks burn at Katherine's statement, and she did her best not to smile too hard. What could she even say to that? Nothing, nothing, nothing. She coughed a few times into her fist - she didn't really need to cough, she just desperately needed to hide her shame aka her cheeks - and then glanced back at Katherine.

Okay. First year spells. Easy. Althea took a step to the side to give Katherine some room, and watched the Ravenclaw's wandwork in motion. Whoa. She smiled at her, and clapped. "Good form." Hopefully she would be able to produce the same sort of results as well. It would be embarrassing otherwise.