Watching the girl curiously, Jake raised his eyebrows in slight amusement. Watching kids suck up to the teachers could be quite fun, but sometimes it made him want to cringe.

Listening in closely though trying to give the impression he wasn't interested in, Jake, with both hands bandaged, pulled out a scrap of parchment from one pocket with something scrawled upon it, and his wand in his left hand. "K-k-kap..." he started, but trailed off.

Making it seem like he was merely passing the time, Jake wordlessly levitated the parchment in front of his eyes, watching it bob in midair.

It was the only spell he could master properly, and getting it done wordlessly had taken so much practice but it showed he could be serious about magic. As he did this, the boy looked up at the selection on the wall and found himself letting the parchment droop a little, his face showing disappointment. "Gone." The picture from the climbing was gone.

Ouch.

But soon, the stony look was back, and Jake found himself waiting more impatiently to talk to Truebridge, even if just to SHOCK the man (which was probably impossible).