"Oh great. Demonspawn geese." He did consider himself warned. Very warned and very likely to give the geese a wide berth.

The issue of the house again. El had asked about that, and Erik still couldn't really remember what the houses were called, let alone which one he had been told he was in. "Well, I guess I am in some house, but I'm not sure yet which one."

"Hey, you said you were here before? How was it? We are still allowed to all hang out if we're in different houses, right? Classes won't be much fun if I don't know anybody in them."