Garrett had been sitting in his seat quietly, taking in all the hubbub of arriving students.  A nod of greeting here.  A smile acknowledging a joke there.  A pointed disproving look cast toward's Chris's wand joke.  Garrett spoke, introducing himself hopefully for the last time today (at least among this group of people), "Welcome, newcomers.  I'm Garrett."  This time, his Southern twang was definitely noticeable.  As American as they come.  "Anyone happen to know what time we eat?"

So many new people in a room wasn't an appealing prospect to Garrett right now.  If he were well rested, it'd be no problem.  But he was tired, stressed, and wanted little more than to go to sleep right now.  Hell, depending on how long till his next assigned activity, he had a mind to forgo food in favor of a nap.