"Ah, my lovely students!" Dante chimed brightly, grinning far too wide for such an early hour. "What a wonderfully sunny day, isn't it?"
The way he looked at them made it painfully clear he had just found his chosen victims for an early morning torture session.
"P-Professor Dante, g-good morning to you," one of the girls stammered, staring at him in shock, the colour draining from her face as though life had just been sucked out of her.
Dante's eyes brightened as he tilted his head slightly. "I see you have enough time to chit-chat rather than scurrying away like rats in a cheese hunt before their classes, just like everyone else is."
He clapped his hands together suddenly, making them jump in fright, and added cheerfully, "That's wonderful! I was just looking for someone to assist me in paying a visit to the hounds to wish them a lovely morning. You see, they get quite lonely when no one comes to see them. Perhaps you two would like to accompany me."
