 Hope everyone is safe from the effects of the storm!
Eliza beamed back at Ethan. She'd guessed right, which wasn't a huge surprise, but the stands could have very well been for some strange animal that she'd never heard of before. Another that liked to perch and swing, bats maybe. But no, it had been birds and she was glad. She liked birds. They were delicate and mostly swift creatures, able to up and fly away whenever they pleased. That must be nice, she thought. To be able to soar around whenever.
She walked up to the Augurey and lightly stroked its feathers. They were a bit oily, but it didn't bother her much. She would wash her hands after class, like she should anyway. "You're a nice bird, aren't you," she stated more than asked. The emerald feathers were beautiful and she felt a bit sorry for a bird who bothered people when it sang. She thought a bird's song was possibly the best part about it, but she could see how too much of it could grow tiresome too.
Diricawls? Before she could look up some facts about the bird, others had said basically everything she found in her book. She thought it was funny that muggles thought the bird was gone forever. Funny, but sad. Sad for them to never know it was really okay...but maybe that was a good thing, like Kurumi said. Maybe it would teach them to respect creatures other than themselves. Doubtful though, she thought.
She smiled at Ethan again. He seems to be getting on quite well with Minerva. She thought it was nice that he was able to make so many friends, being new and all.
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