V? What was wrong with Victoria? Eh. It wasn't her business. Serena simply nodded. She also wasn't expecting to hear the reason behind the tears. Her intentions were just to deliver that handkerchief, honestly.

Nonetheless, she listened...and it was because of a dog? Serena missed her goat but she wasn't crying about it. Or was the dog dead? That'd be really sad.

"You could pretend to sneeze and make it look like you have allergies," she suggested. That's the route she'd take if she was trying to hide tears. Not that she'd cry in public.

She heard someone else's (Alfred) voice on V's other side, and Serena couldn't help narrow her eyes in his direction. No butting in here, buddy. "She's fine," said Serena, having a strong feeling V didn't want anyone to notice her teary-eyed. She wasn't the kind to defend anyone else other than herself, but she wouldn't want to be seen as week on the first at Hogwarts.

ANYWAY. More people--Snakes (Tadhg, Claudine, and Aibhilinn)--joined the table and/or were greeting, so Serena, just to be polite to her new peoples, waved at them all. Hi.