Isaak gave a nod in response to Willow's answer, and then at that moment Verlin Mackenzie entered the compartment. He remembered her from last year, they were both second years, and at first glance one would have mistaken her for a muggleborn because of how she moddified her school uniform to her tastes in fashion that were not the traditional wizard and witch attire. but he knew that she was a halfblood and being in the same year as him meant that there could be some advantages getting to know her more since Slytherin already had a possible dark witch in it, and that could be dangerous to them.

"Hello Verlin, my name is Isaak Boyars, we are both second years and I remember you from last year" he said to the girl with a friendly smile. he noticed the cold glare that Acacia gave Verlin, and Isaak hoped that the fourth year wouldn't try to seek any type of violent retribution. he also hoped that Verlin had a good enough memory to remember that Acacia was potentially dangerous and that provoking her as a second year student was not a wise choice of action. when he saw both her and Samantha's cats, he wished that he had taken Perun out of his cage and brought him to the compartment, maybe there was still enough time before the Hogwarts express departed that he could go back to the storage compartment and get his ferret.