It was only when Logan spoke directly from behind her that she realized he'd moved, and Ve's head turned just the littlest bit to give him a look with a bit of curiosity in it. Shouldn't he have just been glad she was out of the way? She looked at him for a minute before turning her attention front wards again as Professor Paton answered her question. So the claws weren't icicles... just looked like it and were cold to the touch, but strong as steel. That's why reptiles were her favorite - how wicked cool was that?

She didn't know much about the other types, but she did like the idea of getting to meet them all and even practicing their care measures by getting rid of scalerot. The entire lesson actually really seemed to line up with things she'd been considering post her previous discussion with her Head of House, and Vera briefly wondered if there were even just jobs doing as exactly as they were - except... traveling to different areas. Creature sanctuaries were always interesting but... so was the idea of caring for different critters in their own habits. Even the wild ones sometimes needed help, right? Or else why would they even have rehabilitation reserves. it was food for thought. For later. For now, she'd just enjoy this lesson - maybe even enough to research more on it later.

Following after other students to go and grab herself a pouch, Vera selected a bright blue one that she liked the way it looked against the green of her running shirt, before moving back to where she'd previously been standing while she securely fastened it at her waist, before then pulling her wand from it's holster and filling the water portion. "Aguamenti!" She spoke it quietly so as not to disturb others doing the same, before capping it off and replacing her wand once more. She'd grabbed a pair of gloves as well, with the intention of sticking them in her pocket but.. hearing fire salamanders were first, she opted to go ahead and place them on her hands instead to begin with.

Seeing the door open and the immediate look of lava (which Merlin, she hoped that wasn't REAL) Vera hung back to let others go first just while she pulled her hair up into a ponytail to keep it out of her face. She was a little worried about the rubber soles of her shoes but.. wasn't sure of what fire prevention charm she could use on them, so she figured she'd just be along the back of the pack so she could carefully stick to the path. That was safest, right?

Beginning to follow along, she kept her eyes peeled for any of the salamanders along the way. She figured looking IN the fire was best bet of finding them quickly but she was pretty sure her clothes and shoes wouldn't survive that, so instead she looked closer to the path. Occasionally glancing forward too to see if any of her peers had also already located one.