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Cooper's gaze was quickly drawn to a Slytherin girl nearby who...seemed quite cross about things. Specifically the focus and, well, he couldn't help but feel like there were some layers to the statement. Maybe she was a transfer and had had to transfer reluctantly? Meaning that she had a ton of house pride and nothing but resentment towards her new surroundings? Cooper had, unfortunately, never had a conversation with her before...but maybe he should remedy that. She could maybe use a friend.
Also...had someone just mentioned chocolate frogs? Because his stomach was grumbling just thinking about them. Though his go-to wouldn't be chocolate frogs if he had a choice.
And oof. Cooper's heart went out to the kid who had arrived late - it was rough navigating the castle at first. A fact that was only made worse by the fact that the castle had the audacity to change things up every now and then just because it could. The moving staircases certainly came to mind, though he had started to appreciate the charm of such things. So the seventh year offered the kid a small smile as another first year, a Gryffindor, offered him a seat nearby. Also catching Ashley's smile, another one returned, Cooper soon found himself laughing into his fist at Mercer who was hyping up his new friend - Milo, good to know. Though he did not know what to make of the comment about Hufflepuffs plotting. Maybe that was why the professor left Helga Hufflepuff off the list. Who knew?
Attention back to the front and Professor Holden once again, Cooper had to admit that his knowledge was very European-centric...meaning that he knew very little about any of the schools outside of the region and even so what he did feel confident in was...well...Hogwarts knowledge. Though his weeklong apprenticeship with the abraxan breeder who supplied for the Beauxbatons carriages had given him a fair bit of insight into the French school. Monsieur Benoit had graduated from there too and they had swapped a fair few stories over meals and while riding and had spoken somewhat fondly of his schoolboy days.
"Beauxbatons Academy of Magic or..." Cooper paused to clear his through and give his French accent a try. He tended to blend his Italian accent into it when he spoke still. "...Académie de Magie Beauxbâtons...has a three house system, which varies from the four house system found at Durmstrang, Ilvermorny, and here at Hogwarts...which I would assume means there were three founders for the academy. I spent time over the summer under the mentorship of a gentleman who breeds abraxan for the school and who had been a student in Bellefeuille, and he shared that the crest for this house consists of a green leaf and that members of this house tend to be individuals who are drawn to nature and nurturing...so that says something about one of the founders, I presume." That was putting things somewhat simply, truth be told, but the Ravenclaw felt it encapsulated what Monsieur had shared. He could not remember the other two off the top of his head, they had hardly discussed those, but from what Cooper understood he felt as though he would have been placed in Bellefeuille as well were he to have attended Beauxbatons.
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