She wasn't sure if it was a Gryffindor thing or if it was just a Vera Thanatos thing. Probably the later. Growing up with Vasco and his best friend meant she HAD to be defensive, though that was generally only after she did the first offense but.... Tomato, tomato. But the moment Sailor started to respond, she realized she had perhaps made a grave mistake in opening her mouth at all. Were snails and slugs.... different? She didn't quite know what to say, since she did not want to make her error known and yet ... Her silence was probably proof enough. So after a very pregnant pause, she gave a small cough and just .. wung it. "Maybe you weren't looking at the ingredients closely enough. I'm pretty sure it's a thing." or she had been. Now she was very, very uncertain. Wait, how was she not giving pigs enough credit?? She blinked at him a few times again, her head tilting. "I mean, what is there to give them credit on?" she highly doubted the fact they took mud baths was anything to do with why bacon tasted good. And if she were honest, bacon was about the only reason she even thought about pigs. Except for if someone occasionally mentioned a nogtail, those made her think about pigs too. Did those also take mud baths in an effort to fit in?? "Too bad. I would have liked to read it."

There is where Sailor would be wrong. Or well... Half wrong. Vera was exactly the giggling girl type, or... Well she wanted to be. Her goal at the start of the summer was she wanted to learn how to flirt and have people tell her she was pretty, and yet she had not figured out the actual how of how to do that. And she was also realizing there was a decent sized list of people she could not giggle at because she was about 99.9% sure it would make her brother angr(ier)y at her. Dorm mates fell under this category. But maybe the list of people she couldn't was GOOD because she was growing more and more certain she'd make a fool of herself unintentionally. It was better to stick with the making a fool of herself intentionally, which she was quite good at. So yes, when he smiled again she did as any brave soul would do and simply averted her eyes. Not today!! "Is the swamp your happy place?"

If so, she really should not have to be working so hard (or at all) to convince him to help her. Except honestly he seemed pretty willing so how hard was it really?? Um... What did he get? "uh... First hand research? Maybe really smooth feet? The satisfaction of knowing you helped a peer in need?" Take your pick, Sailor. Though she supposed if he wanted something specific she might be inclined to gift it. Depending.

She did really like this bracelet.