She gave him a firm shake but didn't return the social compliment. What could she say? She didn't like telling people that it was nice meeting them until she was certain for a fact that it was. Why waste a compliment on someone who didn't deserve it? Though so far he seemed okay....

"Oh, um...that's a good question. When I asked an older kid she said they were taken to our rooms--I'm not sure how that works," She quickly put in before he could question it, "So I'm guessing your owl was taken to the Owlery...I'm just not sure what happened to Felix..." Though now that she thought about it he was probably up in the room she would be staying in. Gosh she hoped he wasn't lonely; he liked sleeping in her lap while she stroked his fur!

It kinda felt nice being the one who knew the answer. Merlin new she was clueless about almost everything!