Riley made a mental note to himself. He was much more human than he thought in comparison to some of these other halflings. Maybe it was just the way the Dark Elf presented himself in the scenario. He completely spoke for his friend as though his friend had no voice of his own and then proceeded to scare someone he'd hardly known to near-death, leaving a pretty big first impression of halflings on this train cart. Given, the demon was acting a little dense, making him think he lost his hand? That was a little too far, at least in Riley's opinion. For that action, they all probably lost any chance at all they might have had at becoming that demons friend. Not that Riley had the highest hopes in the first place, he was of the group that most folks would be thinking didn't belong. Still, there were welcoming people, he was sure. This just hurt their chances was all, not that Riley would confront Hubert on this.<br/><br/>Still, Riley found his eyebrows arching a good couple times during the whole ordeal. Before the demon arrived, Riley had all the intentions of talking to these people. He'd given a friendly nod to the younger girl despite her somewhat over formal stance. He couldn't help it though, he just didn't find it offensive, even though it was a stern ten year old. He'd opened his mouth to speak to the demon girl, and the other kid, Adrien, when he was suddenly introduced to the whole ordeal. The demon spoke pretty smugly, and yeah, he probably did deserve a good punch to the face, but it was a terrible way to leave an impression. "D-" Riley was about to day not to start a fight, but only the first syllable got out before he was cut off by Hubert, who was asking the demon if he wanted to fight. Maybe it was just him, but Riley felt that Hubert really felt as though he could take on the world by himself.<br/><br/>He watched the whole thing unfold. His eyebrows arched as Hubert changed outfits, and well, skin. It wasn't too tough to figure out the whole thing, but still, pretending the poor guy lost his arm? It had Riley biting his bottom lip, but he kept silent. There was no reason to make an enemy out of someone that could be a friend. Afterwards, Hubert took a seat as though nothing happened. One thing was for sure, he wasn't the type to have confidence problems, it appeared. Riley just let it all sink in, this was his reality for now. Maybe magic school was going to be a little harder than he'd thought.<br/><br/>"So....yeah. You, with the blonde hair." He asked gently, he didn't want to make enemies with anyone, and she seemed as though she might be hard to make friends with, but he'd try anyway. He knew how to act calmly, if it was him the demon confronted shortly before this? Well, the commotion would have been very much lessened, he was certain of that anyway. So, Riley was confident he could make the whole thing work.<br/><br/>When all was said and done, and Hubert was eager to leave, Riley noticed it again. This was the second time Hubert had yanked Adrien along or spoken for him. Riley was curious to that, did they know each other from before? "Hey Adrien." Riley said, catching up to the two. "Hubert did some of the talking for you, so I figure you have some to make up for. How's it going?"