 Slytherin by heart
"I believe as the saying goes, all locks do is keep the honest people out. Honest people are tempted to get puppies, kittens, and pygmy puffs because the temptation is there to get it, and it's an open temptation. Honest people don't go out of their way to bypass laws and regulations in order to get something. No more than a child may hide a pet from his parents, anyhow. It's the thieves who break into homes, and they do it with or without the locks and spells around the house. That is why there is a black market. It's there for the rapscallions and desperate. We cannot close off the sale of anything without opening its associate in the black market. End of story."
He sighed, looking around at his coworkers. "But we seem to go on this carousel infinitely. I think we need to look beyond possession and non-possession and try to get down to brass tacks. Many think the animals are being treated unfairly. We're not the only ones to crop tails, but they don't care about that. We've got the silencing spells on the fwoopers. It had to have taken some careful breeding and experimentation for the pygmy puffs to even exist. And I'm certain there are other things that are still being tested on animals."
Then, as something registered, he looked over at Radley. "And we've got a muffliato over our ears. I must ask, why is nothing we talk about good enough? You push us, then pull back, don't you? We have multiple answers, but not one of them is what you're looking for. Come to think of it, I don't even know what we're looking for. If you want a tally, send us back to our desks with a bestiary and we can write up a list for you. But you're not going to get it here."
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Armand and Damien Beta-Erikson
Named for Legends
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