Elise chuckled softly. “Not zee type to talk back to a teacher?” she teased gently. Hermione’s image of the innocent, bookish goody two-shoes was making her more endearing by the moment.
She blinked. “You are Muggleborn?” Elise asked. Well, that explained a lot of the reason the Slytherins hated her so much. Elise shrugged. “Zhis is no concern to me,” she said, though she was sure to speak quietly. It wouldn’t serve her well with her new housemates to have that overheard.
“Ah. I ‘ave never pursued it myself.” She saw Hermione blush. She was starting to worry that the pretty girl with her busy hair might be made of ice! She smile back but said nothing.
“All right,” Elise said. “Transfiguring living things into inanimate objects. Where shall we begin?” Opening her book to the proper chapter, Elise began making some notes. She played the role of a proper student as the minutes ticked by.
“It appears, as zee Professor said, zhat we will need to work on zhis tonight,” Elise mused before giving Hermione a questioning look.