Rayedem too had put his fork down when he finally shook his head and said confidently, "No, I saw you in classes. You were brilliant." he nodded, giving Tibi a reassuring smile. Of course. At last, arrogant Edem, you admitted that someone really is better than you. Sigh. He raised an eyebrow.

"The DADA homework, huh? Well, you were there before me, yes." he tried to remember the time when he was waiting for his turn outside the professor's office. He thought no one could've done worse, and this boy, this boy, might be the last person on earth who could. "I got panicked, too. I even threw books and ink bottles at them, you know? I might have been the worst, but I don't think it matters much. What matters is that we've tried and done our best. Mom always says that." his face turned a bright shade of red as he added the last sentence. "And besides, it's pretty much our first time facing the real thing, real fight. I think it's normal."

Then an owl--Tibi's owl came swooping down and dropping a package, and he laughed at Tibi's sudden change of expression, and the mush splattered all over both his and Tibi's robes. But he wasn't so easily distracted. Wiping the front of his robes with a handkerchief in his pocket, he continued saying, "What did you say you were afraid of?" and he offered the handkerchief to Tibi in case he also wanted to clean up some.