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Originally Posted by
Fira 
This boy reminded Rich that he had been planning to buy a cat as well, before he decided that an owl, especially one really annoying like his, was enough for him to deal with. But really, he thought having a pet would keep him a little bit busier so his mind would be away from the fact that Aurora was now far away from him and that he missed her. He hardly considered Rene, his owl, a proper pet. She was more like an embodiment of disturbance, more or less. Richard was scared of hated dogs so a cat seemed good but...whatever. Apparently there were times when cats misbehaved as well.
The Slytherin raised his eyebrows when he heard what this guy's cat could do. He even felt the need to put tracking charms on the feline. ''That's...well...interesting. You trust her that she would not run out of the school grounds?'' Actually, as far as he knew, cats always came back wherever they went but it seemed that it was a bit risky with this one. He ran a hand through his wet hair and he reconsidered if he had seen the cat again. But no...he could not remember seeing one. ''No problem at all. I was just jogging. Daily exercises, you know. And to be honest i was almost done.'' yet one thing made him curious ''What do you mean 'she would not let you be'?''
Ethan frowned slightly as he looked out towards the front gate, still not seeing any sign of that incorrigible feline. Not that he was really that worried.. Elise had wandered off before, sometimes for far longer.. but it was more the fact that the charm was wearing off and he didn't feel like waiting around for her to show up whenever she felt like it to recast it. He had far too much to do than to wait on that cat, but he supposed he had no other choice for the time being.
Ethan's eyes snapped back to the Slytherin as he spoke again and he gave him a little shrug.
"Oh.. I don't think so.." he contemplated, glancing back at the gate.
"They keep it locked up pretty tight around here, you know? Keeping us all in.. keeping everyone else out.." Almost to the point of annoying really, if he thought about it.. how nice would it be to visit Hogsmeade as often as he wanted? That made his mind wander with thoughts of next term and how he'd be visiting Hogsmeade as much as possible just to see her.. but it was far too early to have those sorts of thoughts and he did his best to push them far back in his mind.
His eyes wandered back to the boy as he mentioned his previous activity, giving him a nod.
"Oh, right.. conditioning for Quidditch? You play.. right?" Ethan eyed him, contemplating, fairly certain he was one of Slytherin's chaser.. though he could be wrong, but he found it to his benefit to know his opponent. And that reminded him that he should probably step up his own regiment being in season.
"I'm Ethan, by the way," he added, figuring they were now having a conversation of sorts and he should toss that in there.
The bloke's next question had Ethan looking at him curiously before he realized what he meant.
"Oh.." he laughed a little,
"Elise is a bit of a flirt, I guess.. she seems to have an affinity for boys." He rolled his eyes almost imperceptibly. That cat really was a handful at times. And where the heck was she, huh?