The comment on his name had the Ravenclaw giving a soft chuckle, as he nodded his head in agreement. "We all have short names. My parents are Alexander and Mi-kyong so sometimes I wonder if they got tired of all the nicknames they were given and that's why we got Noah, Evan, Maya and Lisa." All of which could be easily shortened to one syllable but... not much else could be done with them unless someone got real creative. His eyes moved to Padme as well, before he offered response. "Pads. I got her over the summer. You have any pets?"

Dance studio certainly made sense, and probably would have been his preference over a stage as well. "Makes sense. It's always nice to have the mirrors of a studio." A performance stage would be especially good for getting used to dancing on if she had any instances of stage fright. "Not too often. The magic of the room doesn't make much sense to me." So naturally, he was distrustful and chose to go elsewhere. He'd been rather curious his first term but that had quickly receded his second. "You look like you got a bit of a tan too." Which was... natural and probably an odd observation to have made, given the fact most people who went out to beaches DID usually end up with tans. "I don't think I've ever actually played volleyball. Is it fun?"