Alys watched the precession of children in front of her have there thoughts plumbed by the strange hat shaped entity. She was excited to have her turn. She felt there was so much more to this thing than the other students were getting into so she would very much like to know. She walked up and took her seat with a glimmer in her eye and a serene smile as she felt its thick leather hide encapsulate her. It began speaking and she listened, but she spoke herself, quietly, intending privacy of conversation with her headpiece.
"Fascinating... you are an entity of preception, intellect and distribution, I believe you may speak with the songs of Raphael?" her inflection posed a question to the strange hat. He might answer, he might not. But she felt she had once chance to ask. There were several other of the choir that might lend power to this entity, Gabriel for its intellectual, perhaps even Cassiel for its part in the structure of this place... but she had it in mind that she was correct and she had learned to trust her mind. The ever inquisitive and insightful seer wanted knowledge!
Unlimited resources and freedom? Is there such a thing for mortals? Unlimited freedom is an illusion, fate controls everything and your resources will always be limited by what the universe allows to be expended. So if Alys was to be granted unlimited resources and freedom, she her only option would be to gather unlimited knowledge and power, both wonderful things but entirely illusionary for a normal person to achieve.
Alys does now know what an animagus is, but she views Ravens with high esteem for their wit, intelligence and their connections with the esoteric world, this is the animal she identifies most with. There are other options perhaps something knew and unfathomably strange? If she didnt know what an animagus was, did it have to be a creature that she knew existed, the imagination of the choir was endless.
It would be easy for someone to hand out the wrong credit, and Alys was the sort that loved a fact so would throw herself into answering these things. Perhaps she would keep the credit. Mistakes happen for a reason, but her actions are also part of fate so whether she confesses or hides the truth is ultimately meaningless. In which case her honesty and intention to earn her knowledge would prevail.
She has not unlocked the depths of her connection to the choir by remaining comfortable so discomfort would not push her away from any particular task on its own. She would need more information to make a decision what to do as other factors would sway her decision how to act more than mere discomfort.