Well, Ash certainly didn't ask two easy questions right after each other.
"Allow me to start with the school; it's probably a more pressing question."
That, and he hoped the boy would be so distracted by all the new questions the school might bring up that he would forget to ask about his sister.
"The building changes: The rooms move around, some of the doors are actually walls or vice versa, and some of the staircases are weird. The students are..."
He hesitated, not having had the best experience with them himself.
"It'll take most people a while to get used to having you among us, but the houses are generally close-knit, so you'll be fine. Though Slytherin and Gryffindor have a traditional rivalry, so if someone in this," Touma indicated his own green and silver tie and crest, "treats you badly, don't take it personally. The classes vary widely, as do the professors."
if Ash is Captain Obvious, Touma is Captain Infodump
"Allow me to start with the school; it's probably a more pressing question."
That, and he hoped the boy would be so distracted by all the new questions the school might bring up that he would forget to ask about his sister.
"The building changes: The rooms move around, some of the doors are actually walls or vice versa, and some of the staircases are weird. The students are..."
He hesitated, not having had the best experience with them himself.
"It'll take most people a while to get used to having you among us, but the houses are generally close-knit, so you'll be fine. Though Slytherin and Gryffindor have a traditional rivalry, so if someone in this," Touma indicated his own green and silver tie and crest, "treats you badly, don't take it personally. The classes vary widely, as do the professors."