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The 16-year-old simply shook his head at Natalie's whisper. No, he did not know who any of these students were in the slightest. As to what one of the unfamiliar girls had to say, well....Derf's hand instantly went through his mop of dusty blonde hair in quiet lament. He hadn't been aware that it was common knowledge what all had transpired during that lesson, just that he and Jessa had walked out (along with Natalie and Zoryn) upon given permission. Even the actual act of the firing had been without an audience - something the Hufflepuff was grateful for because that display at the opening feast continued to make him feel queasy at times. So her words felt like the cruelest form of Crucio.
"........oh."
And that was all he could offer in response because soon SHE (Aretha, was it?) was leaving too. Thus, the awkward just kept piling on. When the girl-called-Nora elected to stay, he was not sure whether or not to be relieved or not. One thing he was sure of was that he was definitely confused.
And certainly unable to just brush the looks under the rug. Guilt ate at him almost every day, you know?
"Nora. Hi. Derfael," he repeated, his bright blues pausing a moment as his mind played tricks with him on the series of words that followed. "Ash and Phoenix, right. Not...a phoenix named Ash." He missed that gorgeous creature very much. "Uh...I mean. Yeah. I reckon we haven't...you've...been at Hogwarts all this term?" he questions skeptically. She, and the others, all looked around his age and yet he was certain he had never once seen them in any of his lessons or around the common room.
And then Bel's chipper voice (he could always tell it was her because no one else called him 'D') rang out in the alley. "Hey Bel," he smiled with a brief pause. "Have....you met Nora?"
And this was typically the point in conversation that he would offer up a little factoid about Bel AND Nora by means of introducing them to one another - little something he had picked up from his dad at Ministry functions - but right now he was just being an awkward duck. Sans any quacking.
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