the train ride was not that bad, he got a chance to talk and learn more about Verlin. he still thought of her fashion as odd, but she seemed like a nice person, and she wasn't putting on a charade like Acacia. when the Hogwarts express arrived at the station, Isaak made sure that he had everything he had brought with him into the compartment. after he made sure, he got off the train and walked with Verlin towards a carriage.

"Well i'm glad to finally have someone to spend the ride to school this year" he said to her as they came to a carriage. he noticed her scared expression on her, he looked and saw the Thestrals who were ready to pull the carriage.

When he got into the carriage with Verlin, he asked her, "can you see the Thestral?" 

if she could then it meant that he wasn't the only one who could see the winged creatures and he was curious to find out if she could see the animals.