"I gotta say," Kyle put towards Jesús, though his line of sight was directed at the ghost Valerie had so predictably insulted. "I'm definitely curious to have a talk with some of these ghosts." Even just the thought of how much history they had witnessed, or even been a party to, made Kyle ever so slightly twitchy in his eagerness. They were in a country that was rich with history, after all, and hearing about it from a first hand source was unbelievably tempted. "Not here though," he was quick to add. Even Kyle knew that a feast was no place for exploring such lines of inquiry. For a start, it was getting so loud in here that he could barely hear himself think.

To Katherine, he raised his own goblet, just as Jesús had done earlier. "To the excellence of your hearing." Sarcasm? Yes? No? It was, as always, difficult to tell.

Apparently, he had been right to anticipate the reaction of his friend. "I wouldn't rise to it, if I were you, while we're on the topic of what will most benefit each other." Not that he was making any assumptions as to who would win in a face-off; that would be unwise, as he had only known this Slytherin girl for all of five seconds. Kyle offered no explanation as to why Katherine Toussaint had received such a reaction. Valerie certainly did not need him to explain her reactions and behaviour, and the likelihood was that it would only irritate her further. "It's best to pay no mind to a great deal of Ilvermorny things, I've found." Here, his gaze drifted to the Wamp-... no, wait... the table that the ruckus had been coming from, where people had even tried dancing on the tables, before glancing very briefly at Aurora - why was she still here?
her friends were over there - and then back to Katherine.

"But I am curious. These ghosts-" he gestured vaguely around the Hall "-why are they here? Did they all die here?" Did they just choose to be ghosts just so they could return to haunt their old school? Oh, but that raised more questions. "Were they Hogwarts students once? ... Or perhaps... are they dead teachers?" Kyle shot another look towards the nearest ghosts, more specifically the chains he carried. A late professor seemed somehow unlikely. "How do I organise a meeting with them?"

Though Kyle had already read what he could about Hogwarts and its ghostly residents, and he wasn't sure any of them would be willing to answer any of his extra, more probing questions, hence why he had taken advantage of the sudden dip in volume to put his questions to the nearest Hogwarts denizen instead. Then again, being so focused on his enquiries, he had neglected to consider that perhaps Katherine was just as in the dark on the matter as he was.

Oh, and... "What are your potions facilities like?"