When Richard spoke the girls glanced at each other. "Just us." One of the twins responded. She sat up and held out her hand. "I'm Astrid. This is my sister Terra. This is our first year at Hogwarts. You?" They wanted to pilfer his brain for any information he had about the school and the magical world. They didn't know if he was muggle born or not. Astrid also didn't want to volunteer the information that they were muggle born. The issues back home had made both girls nervous enough about being magical that they were unsure how the magical community would deal with them. They wanted to understand the environment they were going into.