Whaaaaaat was going on?

Sophie was still trying to figure out the answer to this question when another was asked. BEARDS. What did she know about beards? ...and there was already homework? She couldn't even remember the assignment by this point, so she really, really hoped that somebody would post it on the common room notice board.

Either way, she was liking Arithmancy a lot more than she thought she would. It was easy, and she barely had to do any work!

Back to beards... "There's six letters in the word B-E-A-R-D-S," she said, raising her hand. Although at this point, she doubted it even mattered if she raised her hand or yelled the answer while turning a cartwheel. "...and only five letters in the word B-E-A-R-D. That's one even number and one odd."