Henrietta stared at Timothy for a moment as he gave his own piece of knowledge about the Crusades. The people behind her also stared, before realizing that they should probably write this down. 

Henrietta gave another peal of laughter. "Wow! I didn't think anyone else in this school actually read on that. I take it you've read about the Crusades then? No, of course you have. That's not particulary common information after all, especially the one about Pope Gregory VII - the man had King Henry excommunicated even until he died, and most of the Popes problems and detractors were against him just because he supported the Normans. "

The girl sat up straight, no longer slouching and looking more animated. "Since you know a lot about the Crusades you can help us with the journal writing then. You'd be surprised how hard some higher years find Social Studies. It's mostly Europe once you're in third year, so the discussion ranges from the before the Crusades to the World Wars, and some people actually forget who Richard the Lionhearts rival was, I'm talking about Saladin of course, but you probably already knew tha-"

Suddenly she clamped up. shot a hand to her mouth, and blushed a little. "Heh heh, I'm really sorry about that. I rarely get the chance to talk with people like this. I only ever get to talk to freshman like this, before they find out what my ability is and join other groups . . . who don't particularly like me." She looked at Timothy and Poppy with a smile. It was a little sad to look at. 

"I don't blame them of course; from facts alone, the ability I got is _pretty nasty_. I'm just lucky I have my own group to hang out with. That's one thing no one in this school can deny: the groups here give you a place to belong. I don't want to sound like I'm advertising, but it's true."

She sighed. "And now I sound like I'm preaching. _Blegh_, sorry about that, I just got into the mood. A-anyway, do you guys have anything you wanna talk about? You're new here, so you have to have a lot of questions!"