As Katsuhiko had said, the impromtu sparring matches and other such "shennanigans" happened almost on a daily basis in the LER house, and Brendan had learned to block it out while reading. It was Sophia's outburst that caught him off guard. And as he was startled from his reading and his focus was drawn to her he clearly noted her changes. And so he sat in stunned silence, even after she had gone to the basement with Fiametta. Even as the ruckus of the sparring match and the delicious smells of Alex's meal wafted about the room, he sat still as a stone, his mind fully digesting and comprehending what he had seen.<em> "A shapeshifter?!"</em>he thought. What were the odds of<em>another </em>supernatural being in the chapter house? It was definitely more than coincidence.<br/><br/>Brendan thought hard about his first summoning - the one he thought had failed. He thought about the glow of the chalk... the queasy feeling in the pit of his stomach and the strange, muted sound. "It can't be..." he said to himself. "<strong>Can't</strong>just be a coincidence."<br/><br/>Careful to remember the page he left off on, he shut his book and excused himself from the table before heading to the basement door.