[ Given that Connor is a teenage boy and therefore obligated to make foolish decisions on a daily basis, Achilles elects not to comment on the fidgeting. Speaking of daily foolishness, however. ]

There is nothing especially pressing, so why don't you tell me of your latest exploits? I hear you are doing especially well in Care of Magical Creatures. [ Or so Prudence's tale of a third year herding porlocks would have the staffroom believe. ]