"....Also, it's fun," Kaatjie said after Gia Shacklebolt retorted to Miss Rowle's point. Kaatjie had little intention of ever facing down a dark wizard in the wild, so to speak, but she liked the concept of an adventure — and knowing spells like this meant that you could have good adventures when you traveled. (Kaat was determined to travel.) Refusing to do spellwork was very like Miss Wallace, whom Kaat did not particularly like — and Miss Rowle was not even a muggleborn!

She raised her hand to participate after Miss Shacklebolt; if she was going to draw a line in the sand about this, then Kaatjie was going to have to go sooner rather than later.