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"Right," he nodded with a grin. Of course they could find the room!
Daehyun was about to ask who Jessa was, but his question was soon answered, and his eyes went impossibly wide at what Shera was telling him. He knew that NEWTs were the seventh year exams... and the girl was a fifth year... "Whoa." He'd be lying if he said he didn't study ahead for Care of Magical Creatures, but he doubted he got too far.
... then he remembered what she'd told him earlier when she said she hadn't expected to be a Ravenclaw, and suddenly her words made more sense. "Were you talking about her earlier?" If so, he seriously doubted every Ravenclaw was like that... right?
"Hey," he said, splashing a little bit more water than before. "Nobody likes a know-it-all." Daehyun had to purse his lips to keep himself from grinning, but he was failing miserably. He was surprised when she hadn't fought back, because he was feeling so much at ease right then that he probably wouldn't have minded getting his clothes wet. He made a mental note to search for a spell that would dry them, because Incendio was the most helpful one he knew. And it wouldn't be helpful at all.
He found himself giggling. "It's a great start," he smiled. "But I bet she'll want to put her claws to good use." He would know, with his two troublemakers.
"Uhuh, she's really amazing," Shera commented, assuming that his response of 'whoa' meant that he was just as impressed with Jessa as she had been. And then he took the conversation back to whether or not she had been talking about her earlier. A slight flush covered her face, a sign of self doubt that Shera barely ever experience in her life. Shrugging her shoulders she forced herself to continue on and ignore the feeling of of her burning cheeks.
"I guess so? Like she's the exception but..."
That probably gave away enough of her feelings on that. It was Daehyun's next comment that was what smacked her straight out of her self doubt and caused her to smile brightly at him again. Although with him gaining more confidence in splashing her with more water she giggle, splashing him very lightly to make sure he wasn't hit with a ridiculous amount of water. Then with a mischievous grin she dived under the water, using the opportunity to slip away.
She contemplated tickling his feet and using the water as a shield, but then she might lose any chance of getting him in the water again. So instead, about a minute later she resurfaced again making sure she was still close to Daehyun.
Then the conversation was back on her cat.
"I'm sure she will... especially as she gets older." Shera was half dreading that, just because she wasn't sure what she would do if her cat was responsible for eating another students pet. She supposed she'd cross that bridge when she got to it.
"Hey Daehyun? If you could have any animal or creature as a pet, which one would you choose?"
That could give way to an interesting answer considering the boy that she was talking to. But that was part of the fun of asking that question in the first place.