River sat near Fonsus, she had a stack of books opened up before her, she had pulled together several desks to arrange them all. The OWLS were looming and the Chilean girl could not relax. Ocllo lacked in magical proficiency she needed to make up for in paperwork as much as possible. 

She looked to Richard and Cae, she was surprised to see Richard struggling with his spells when Cae stepped in to... help... She looked back to her books, content to allow their little 'moment' to unfold. 

She looked to Fonsus, who was uncharacteristically unoccupied. River smiled, he had kept to his word and had fulfilled his academic responsibilities to the best of his abilities, and River was very proud of him for that. She thought he might be quiet because he felt satisfied, or, perhaps between school work and experimental work, his brain was finally worn out...

... Then he spoke and River realized she could not have been more wrong.

She took a moment to mull over his words. Then shook her head and reached over to gently punch his shoulder. 

"If it [i]is[/i] a dead end, then we will have no choice but to simply enjoy our holiday together!" She tried to sound sad, but was a poor actor. She peered at him, still smiling, looking for his response. "How does that sound?"