"That's correct," Shannon said with a large grin. That had let him place the student, a young-sounding voice that spoke of someone not quite hitting puberty just yet despite his year in the school. At least he would be easy to keep track of in the mass that was his first class. There was a lot of introductory material to go over, and hopefully they would be able to finish it all today and start the real class tomorrow. "Animagi always take some sort of external factor from their human form and work it into their animal forms. It isn't a conscious decision, but if you know where to look, it's the best way to determine if you're dealing with a real animal, or a wizard or witch in disguise."

"Now. To make things easier on me, why don't we do some introductions? We'll go by house and then year, starting alphabetically so no one can accuse me of picking favorites already." That said, he technically didn't need a roll call; he'd been given the student ledger same as any new teacher had, but hearing voices applying their own names would put him at ease rather than having to shuffle through the muddle of so many new youngsters at once. "That means Gryffindor first, then Hufflepuff, Ravenclaw and Slytherin."