Vivian has immediate internal panic. Oh no, where do I sit, it's Karen or Miranda Silverlight! Her brain has come up with no acceptable answer by the time she gets to the table, so she decides that she might as well sit near the Runes homework, and takes the chair by Karen.

She glances enviously at Miranda's pen- the last time Trelawney caught her with a pen she got a speech on the 'positive influences of feathered objects during the juxtaposition of Venus and Jupiter' and a bright purple quill- and turns to Karen. "Hi! Did you look at the assignment yet? I got stuck halfway through the second part, I keep getting five and eight mixed up."