"There isn't a breed of dragons that has blue eyes," Eli said, taking the bait Shannon had given. There are some groans in the mass of students and some murmuring about how he's showing off, but Eli ignores them as he continues. "The closest you get are the Hebridian Blacks with purple eyes and the Antipodean Opaleyes with multicolored eyes. Combine that with the fact that you weren't trying to eat any of us meant that you weren't a real dragon. Your eye color is your distinctive marking in animal form, right Professor?"

He stayed where he was and instead of watching Shannon for any reaction, he instead kept his eye on his fellow students. He didn't have very many friends in his house nor many in the same year as him, so he was normally separated from the others when it came to things like this. Sure, he was only really good at Transfiguration, but everyone else seemed to equate that with being good at everything else when he was anything but.