Emmeline beamed at Noelle when the prefect seemed to like Sirius' name! But she had to confess in a quiet, secretive tone: "Derf helped me name him, really. And the Astronomy textbook." Because she hadn't come up with a name on her own. She wasn't super good with names, either coming up with them or remembering them sadly. But that was kind of, sort of a secret, because it was embarrassing.

The first year squinted a little at Mr. Kennedy and tried to imagine him as a student, but... Nope, she couldn't see it. So she couldn't imagine what Noelle's friend looks like, but: "Cool! Does she, like, live in the library?", she aimed the question sort of at them both. She thought it might be kind of cool to live in the book maze, maybe. Especially if she had a super nice librarian relative who probably lived in here too. Actually... "D'you live in the library, Mr. Kennedy? Orrrr the Slytherin common room?" Did they let teachers and people live in their old common rooms? There weren't any in the Gryffindor common room, but maybe other Houses had different rules. Besides, wouldn't most teachers be Ravenclaws anyway? She thought that was likely.

So the school hadn't changed in a million years, but Mr. Kennedy and Professor Wayland were besties! That made sense to Emmeline, 'cause they were both REALLY nice. Then she paused, and realized that Mr. Kennedy had said they were best friends in the PAST. She frowned in confusion; she couldn't imagine not being best friends with Derf or Stasya anymore, even like 500 years later. "How come you're not still best friends?", she asked curiously. It didn't even occur to her that this might be what Nanny called a "sensitive topic."