Turning his head feeling the nudge in his side he spotted his sister and took the sweet from her hand, giving her a smile before unwrapping it to pop it into his mouth. "Thanks." He was never one to turn down sugar - pretty much ever. "Good train ride?" He'd left his sisters pretty early to go and find their seats while he'd gone off in search of a compartment or any of his friends. Attention turned back to Raj at the returned question and answer. "Do anything fun?" He considered for a moment on his answer, before his smile widened a bit and he nodded. "It was actually great, thanks for inquiring."

Being tall still always felt like a new thing for him, with his now 6'2" frame. There were still a lot of people even taller than him, including some of the younger males, but that wasn't something that irked him. It was an interesting feeling though looking at the first year and trying to remember too when he had been that little. Seven years suddenly felt so long. "You'll like it here." He responded back to Tahini, smiling still at her enthusiasm. "Professor Carton is our Head of House, and he's fantastic." He nodded up towards the staff table towards the Transfiguration Professor. Evan would have lunched into more tidbits but... he was distracted by the arrival of Mitsuki. He wasn't sure if he'd ever engaged with the young girl, but he certainly found her and her year mates intriguing. "Hello, Mitsuki. Glad to be back?" He.. wasn't entirely certain what that salt thing was, but figured better to not ask and just assume it was a normal thing for them.

Besides, his attention was otherwise drawn as Atlas Flamsteed approaching their table and... offering something to his sister? He fought to keep his eyebrow from raising, and reminded himself that he'd literally just told Chalcedony at the end of last term that he needed to start butting out of his sister's personal lives and yet... easier said than done. He didn't think Atlas was part of her woes from the term previous, but after seeing where Lisa had been the term before (and how much better she was now), he still had difficulty with not having the slivers of suspicion.

But again. He was minding his own business. Not your problem, Evan.

Ingrid and Ash's arrivals were welcome distractions and he focused his attention on them solely, pasting his smile back on his face as he greeted both his year mates. "Hey Ingrid, it was good. We went to Korea for a family wedding." And despite his hesitation at having had to stand up with the groom, the ceremony had been short and beautiful and Evan was actually pretty happy for Chin-hae at the end of the day. Mycelia was decent, if not for the fact at least her attitude was more reserved like his own rather than the rambunctiousness of so many of the Nam and Nam adjacents. "How was yours? What was the highlight?" His smile remained warm for Ashley as well, but a hint of concern crept in as she laid her head down on the table following her greeting. He tapped her leg gently under the table, attempting discretion. "Everything okay?"