"Oh, ok," Jake nodded. He was spouting so many wild theories that they were probably all wrong anyway.

"I kinda thought, that maybe since the teachers don't know, that someone else revealed it, or the castle did," Jake shrugged. Had he been back at home that would have sounded utterly insane. But, come on, Hogwarts...

Immediately, at Professor Pierce's sudden statement, Jake nodded his head. "Yes, Professor," he said, "I haven't seen anyone others, and nobody mentioned one..." Was this important? Judging by the sudden speed in which she asked, it may well have been. But Jake had been wrong already...