Yeah. Figured it was the best way to piss off whatever was hanging around in the school. Showiest ritual I know.

...it's kind of a holidays-only sort of thing otherwise. You know, not much cause to bring out the chainmail and belt of crow skulls in the normal course of things.

[He's joking, but it's the worst possible kind of joke. He knows it, but he's sort of lost the ability to care, lately.]