"Oh." Bryony blushed, her cheeks heating up almost painfully fast. She'd forgotten - how could she? - that not everyone held Ravenclaw in good standing. Her own family thought it a perfectly respectable house for men, who could profit from being intellectual and well-educated, but she knew of only too many families who had a 'Sytherin or nothing' mentality. "I'm sorry, I didn't mean-" She cut herself off, bemused. Gryffindor? She'd thought that most of the Gryffindors were more accepting, though she supposed that couldn't be true of everyone. Were there families who would be disappointed by anything by red and gold? It had never quite occurred to her in that light. But then Dennis was wiggling his eyebrows at her, inviting her to laugh and she realised he was teasing. She gave a slight, nervous giggle.
Despite her relief not to have caused offence, she decided the house question was too fraught - and eagerly moved on to the other topic presented. "I'm not shopping for me," she admitted, looking wistfully over at the art section. "I need to buy a present for my sister." And Bryony had really no idea at all where to begin. Shauna didn't even like books, particularly. She preferred magazines, but that wouldn't be an acceptable present.