That was right. The Illvermonians were stuck in the beetle and had to sleep there all year long. It would have surely been somewhat close still. Olivia nodded. "Yeah, I do see what you mean," she nodded. "It must be strange for them to be here at Hogwarts and around so many people that they don't know." She hoped that the visitors were enjoying themselves here. From what she had learned from some of them, Hogwarts was certainly far more different than Illvermony. Less things wanted to kill you there. That's what Lachlan had told her.

Non-verbal spells? That sounded fun. Olivia nodded. She enjoyed non-verbal spells herself and had been working on a couple too. She needed to be confident in her ability before she could move up to the next level and then onto wandless magic. She loved the idea of wandless magic. It was just so cool -- you could practically be a jedi using the force. "It's nice to take a break form studying. This year is so different from last year already... No gaping portals with monsters jumping out. It's nice." Apart from that, friends were also getting together as couples. So much was happening. Olivia was changing too. She hadn't grown taller or changed in appearance too much. She just felt herself becoming 'older' if that made any sense but she was still the same silly adventure-seeking professional gravity tester that she had always been.

Hmm... A thought crossed her mind. "Noelle, could I ask you for some advice..?"