Bird shrugged at Anthony's question "My name is Peregrine, but most people do call me Bird. Either one is perfectly fine." Then he looked around their little group after he heard the introductions. Anthony - check, Kris - check, Victor in the eye-blindingly orange shirt - check. He looked for small animals around Kris, but he couldn't see anything. He did notice a cat jumping on the snack table from somewhere and did a double-take. That seemed unhygienic. But it would be impolite to shoo it away, so he hoped someone else would.
He was kind of hesitant to bring to Anthony's attention that there was no silent companion, in fact he suspected that if Anthony was not just insane or joking, then there was a companion who was either really small or somehow invisible. On this Island any power seemed possible including seeing something that was maybe a ghost. So he didn't say anything.
"Yes I'm a student as well; I'm studying voice at the college part of the academy. I've only been here about a week though. It's very different. Would it be rude of me to ask what your powers are? I'm part mermaid, so my mother says I probably have some siren song, and then there's my kind of sister Dot, which is just really complicated."
Accepting the drink, Peregrine half-smiles and say, "I guess that answers what your powers are at least, or one of them. May I ask what type of drink this is?" Although he is mostly talking to Anthony, Peregrine does keep an ear out to what the other boys in the group are saying too.
