The first chapter with them together! I think all but one of them from now on will be them together.
"Why did you decide to teach?" she asked him curiously, pushing her hair out of her eyes to look at him as she set down her quill that she was using to grade Edward Flint's paper, a talented boy of non-magic descent.
He hesitated, thinking of how best to express himself. "Because when I was a boy, I learned, but my siblings didn't. And they were always envious of me, and it tore the family apart." He looked her in the eye. "I don't want any families torn apart because of lack of education." He didn't want to add anything about his ambition; it was clear to everyone that he was the most ambitious of the four, but they didn't know by how much.
"That's sad," she remarked quietly, and he knew that she was being sincere. "I'm sorry for you. Did you ever reconcile?"
He shook his head. "Never."
"You should," she told him, sure of herself, as usual. "I think you should, at least."
"And you're always right," he reminded her, a small smile on his face.
She thought about making a sarcastic remark, but decided better of it and simply smiled back.