...Nice. 

"Hello!" 

She rolls over onto her front so she can look down at him, and waves.

"Hi! Wow, I didn't expect the rooms to be this good."

"Neither did I!" 

"I'm going to love this place when I get my wings back."

"Your wings?" 

"Yeah, I have wings usually. They're missing at the moment, but they'll grow back."

"What happened?" 

"I met some people who didn't like that I had wings."

"It's terrible when that happens." 

"Oh? Does that kind of thing happen a lot where you're from?"

"That in particular? Not generally. But people with power do tend to react badly to people who seem to be gaining it." 

"Yeah, I think that one might be universal. What's your name, anyway? I'm Naina."

"Keren." 

"Nice to meet you! What brings you here? I mostly came to get away from the people who keep cutting my wings off."

"A little to get away from the Abhorsen, a little to get better at magic." 

"Get away from who?"

"The Abhorsen is a powerful mage from a powerful bloodline who likes to cut off the metaphorical wings of other mages if we're the wrong kind." 

"Unfortunate. Well, hopefully we'll both do better here."

"Hopefully. But I think we've got a pretty good chance; you heard what the Dean said." 

"The implication that our classmates will try to enslave us was a little disheartening."

"Eh, depends on what they're like, I suppose." 

"Oh?"

"Well, I don't know you very well yet, but based on first impressions I don't think it would go very badly for me if you enslaved me." 

"Aww, I'm flattered."

"One way or another, just don't prove me wrong."