Z rested her her chin on her hands. On one hand, she was privy to what might turn out to be some serious gossip or useful information. On the other, she was missing large chunks of the story and quite frankly, had better things to do with her time. Like discuss some of the reading she'd been doing on voodoo and how that might be combined with Payson's Patterns to link individual wards. Adam's input was necessary.
"Arithmancy," Z said coolly. "Well, I suppose I will be seeing you in class then, Professor. I'm the top Arithmancy student."
Z was not terribly impressed with the new professor and did her very best to convey this wordlessly. She handed Adam his wand.
"We do have a rather important project, so if you could please leave us to it, that'd be great."