Lavender follows Mina's gaze across the room [i][color=662d91]She seems as nervous as I am? Heh[/color][/i] and watches her take it all in. Mina either did not notice Lavender's instinctive wish to vanish, or decided to let her get away with it.[i][color=662d91]Maybe she gets that we're all nervous?[/color][/i] [color=662d91]I should check what room I'm in in a minute, and pick up my key. You should get something to eat? You must be hungry. Food is basically all you missed, you arrived just before the grand welcoming speech.[/color]

Lavender smiles again and considers Mina's comment about the tension in the room, and wonders how she can explain this without giving away that she understands so little of who everyone is and what happened earlier. She decides to just go with the basics. [color=662d91]Tension, yes, some of the students come from families that don't see eye to eye. There was a brief scuffle, but I don't think anyone got hurt.[/color] Lavender made sure to keep her tone friendly. She did not want to drive the other girl away with her short answers.

Curious as she was about the other girl, Lavender decided not to bombard her with questions. Asking questions meant answering them in return, and Lavender didn't want to come off all ignorant and running-at-the-mouth on her first day, and to be honest, she still didn't feel very comfortable in this room full of people that seemed somehow connected. In spite of the fact that she was finally among other magical people, she felt more of an outsider than ever.

Smiling at Mina's growling stomach, Lavender added[color=662d91]I could watch your stuff while you check if there's any food left? I'll check what room I'm in when you get back[/color] and smiled as warmly as she could.

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