"I'm a Ribbonfin, don't we all love fishing?" Gwen answered, with an honest laugh. She'd shaken her head at first, truly mystified at the question, but he followed it with lavish compliments that made her smile. He was definitely exaggerating, but she got the point. What did it really matter, right? They were there and it probably shouldn't factor how that came about.

"But thanks," she added, her smile sheepish underneath the edge of the mask. "I guess I can't believe we never really talked before! You should have come to Gooseberry sooner." On the heels of that thought, she asked, "Do you miss it? Beauxbatons? I hear so many nice things about it."