 Snake disguised as Raven Browncoat
Eridia sighed as the students whispered and stared at Howl, and he stared right back. Honestly, it was like they were all first years. She ushered them in like a mother hen, closing the door firmly behind her. From the momentary panic that crossed Howl’s face, she could tell that he’d thought she was going to leave him alone with his charges. Not that she hadn’t considered it.
“Well now, here we are!” She jostled the five into a line and moved down it, tapping each one on the head as she went, “Liatris Greyfeather, Nadia Kharie, McKey Hall, Shaydrach Park, and Kathrynna Knight.”
Howl’s eyes met briefly with each student as Eridia introduced them, and he couldn’t help but raise an eye at the boy with the mouse hat. Hmm, that was a strange one. Saying nothing about the girl in baggy boy’s clothing, of course. At least the other two young ladies were dressed nicely. Although one was staring at him with a facial expression he recognized as his. He practically had a patent on it.
Eridia was staring at him, so he cleared his throat and stood up straight, holding his hands together behind his back, “Well, none of you are bothering me so far, so I suppose this wasn’t a complete mistake.” He could see the headmistress getting ready to hex him and hastily added, doing a little half-hop away from her, “And! What I mean by that is that I was hoping for inquisitive minds and it looks like I got them.” Mouse hat. “So… what ah… how do you normally spend your summer?”
Because he definitely spent his away from people. |