Too distracted by the thoughts of Gabriel he's trying not to think, Lachlan misses that tight smile and gives a small nod of agreement even though that hadn't been his ex-boyfriend's experience at all. But he'd been like Lachlan, a social outsider at the very bottom of his house's social hierarchy, and that's not an easy place to be in any house. Except maybe Hufflepuff. So there probably wasn't much point in trying to draw parallels anyway.

He's about to speak when the Ribbonfin beats him to it and prompts him to utter a bright, startled laugh. He can't quite help it. Because he supposes he is Ravenclawish.

"Aye. You could say so," he acknowledges, then looks uncertainly at Yancey, "And...is that a good thing?"