Brown eyes, shifted-- reluctantly, from the beautiful Nana Ichihara to the robust, stern-looking, probably child-eater James Draper. Immediately, Jace was back to his ramrod straight posture, locking eyes with the Creatures professor as he spoke, and at the same time, jotted down important information. Multi-tasking is probably one of his mastered skills after taking up day classes in Mahou.

His right hand frantically took down words on his notebook, while his left hand reached out for the picture that was being passed around. He briefly looked at the picture, and then quickly passed it to the next student beside him. He took this opportunity to look down on his notes, which was all written in Japanese characters, by the way, and nodded to himself. Once the next question was brought up, the Ravenclaw listened to the others first, before thinking of an answer that could satisfy the Defense professor. Again, no offense Draper.

Jace slowly raised his hand again, and answered once his name was called out. "Professor? I'm not entirely familiar with the Echinokarps, but the creature being a magical one...it is possibly capable of charging its environment with a defensive energy, like the muggle fish called Japanese Spiny Dragonet?" A wild guess, most definitely, "The dragonets can bury itself and then charge the water with a foul smell to ward off predators." Okay...maybe he should just shut his mouth now, yes? "If that is the case then, in a way, its mere presence can contribute greatly in the field of Defense because it doesn't need to be provoked to transform. It's mere presence is enough to protect a certain portion of a body of water." Right? Whether or not a human is magical or not, he or she isn't stupid to actually provoke a fish. Who does that, anyway? Jace guessed that the transformation part would come in handy as their last line of defense.

Anyway! The Ravenclaw tucked his notebook under his thigh, and waited for one of the adults to talk again.

Can they get a Hirsch now? Please?