A glimmer entered her eyes. "I enjoy writing. I'm actually writing a book." Though it had sort of slowed down since she got back to school. And she had left her work at home over summer when visiting her friends, not knowing how long she would really be gone.

"Oh yes, quite. Very dangerous, but very real." She gave a pointed look at the first year at the words 'very dangerous'. In a way that said 'don't get any ideas'. It would do anyone any good if he ran off to chase dragons around like some make-believe knight. "So are werewolves, vampires, and merfolk. Though merfolk are not nearly as kind as stories would have you believe."