He became aware of Alfie's presence as he sat next to him. Giving the Slytherin a quick nod of his head before he returned to the puzzle before him. He had completely missed V's wave though. Or had that been on purpose? Who knows.

Daniel turned away from the puzzle after solving it and looked toward the front of the class, where the portraits behind the curtains were. He had to agree with the other students that today's topic would almost certainly be about the Houses of the magical schools.

He didn't say anything, instead he leaned his cheek in the palm of his hand while he picked up a pen. He twirled it between his fingers, and only dropped it twice on the desk. Which was an improvement if he had to say so himself. He didn't see the point in repeating answers that were already given by some of the other students nor did he feel like adding to someone.