Cad thought he might like the new DADA professor better than he had liked Professor Sleptov, there had been something about the Russian that Cad had just never liked. Professor d'Orsay was his new head of house, but he didn't strike Cad as someone who would be inclined towards the sort of rampant favourtism that marked some of the other heads of house.

He turned to whoever was beside him, and without waiting for an invitation he cast the spell as the professor instructed. 'Aqua Eructo' he cast, having indicated that he would take the offensive position for the first pass.

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