Heiji gave her a friendly sort of smile back. Despite his reservations about the Night Council and Circle Daybreak (and therefore the Mother of Witches herself), everyone he'd met at Redbright Institute so far seemed decent. He liked them. So he figured he owed it to them to talk to their boss.

"Yeah, looks like it. I'm Heiji, by the way. Only moved here a little while ago. Actually, I kinda wanted to talk to you before, only there's usually a lot of..." He motioned vaguely with his hands, signifying the coterie usually to be found around her.