William is sitting quietly somewhere in the middle of the room, watching the other students, and Spider when he's talking, and occasionally writing something down on the little notepad that he carries around with him. There are observations about his classmates, as well as a few notes on Spider's newsfeed system, which is unlike anything on the Discworld. Then again, so is the computer he's becoming accustomed to using, but he still prefers to write.

He watches George get thrown out, and frowns thoughtfully, then writes down the gist of what Spider said about persuading people with words.