At first, Dorian had not noticed that Abra had been breathing with difficulty. He knew about his anxiety but at the moment he was paying more attention to the situation at large than on one person so it was probably a good thing that Stasya had arrived to try and calm him down.

Overhearing what the HoM professor said about tracking the creatures down and killing them, Dorian frowned deeply and he looked over at the Headmaster, wondering what his reaction would be. Thankfully, his words were the same as how he felt and he was glad that there would be no hunt and kill today. However his next words made him groan. Out loud.

He got the idea that pairing up was for their own safety but he prefered to be alone especially when he was studying for his O.W.L exams. He did not need someone breathing down his neck. But for now, the Ravenclaw stayed quiet and probably will always be and pretend that this new rule was fine with him. Ugh. He still needed to study for Transfiguration, Herbology and Potions today according to his self made schedule and he did NOT want to miss it!

Another thing that he noticed was that the Headmaster's speech seemed to have trailed off at the end and wondering what had him looking so shocked, Dorian looked behind him to see the ghost of Dopple standing, no floating, in the air near the entrance. 'Has a professor been injured...' Well that was ironic wasn't it.

Looking back at the Headmaster and judging that he was too shocked to speak, Dorian rolled his eyes as he turned back around. "You're a ghost" he said bluntly. What? He was just stating a fact here, no need to make it worse by sugarcoating it.