Eliza ever-so-slightly jumped when the gavel knocked against the hardwood. Was it really that loud in the classroom? Or was the professor just being dramatic? Eliza was silently voting for the second option.

Anyway...

The Statute of Secrecy. Of COURSE it still had a place in today's society. What kind of weirdo suggested this one? Wait a second. HOLD UP. She was on the right side of the room. She had to disagree?! No way. Nope. Not going to happen. "May I switch sides?" she asked, her hand shooting into the air. Eliza had been raised in Hogsmeade. There was literally nothing muggle about her life.

But then her question had unintentionally been answered with the professor's next statement. Well, BAH HUMBUG. Also, why was the professor worried about someone leaving in tears? If the HUFFLEPUFFS were that sensitive, they should just go on home.

With a frown on her face, and a slump in her posture, Eliza listened to the debate. Sigh. BRANDON. What a Hufflepuff thing to say! It gave Eliza a few ideas, though, so there's that. She nodded along with what Hope and Ezra were saying. Why couldn't she have chosen the left side of the room?! There were a few others with good points, as well, but now it was Eliza's turn.

Reluctantly, she cleared her throat. "Okay, so here's the thing. Somebody else said something about the Statute maybe not being so strict. Maybe they should be a little more lenient on us using magic away from school. I mean, if I get attacked or find myself in danger, I'm going to want to defend myself the best way I know how," she pointed out. That meant using magic. "So maybe they should lighten up a little bit."

So there was her roundabout way of supposedly disagreeing with the Statute. She said what she needed to say, but she didn't come right out and force herself to disagree either.