Proper etiquette was crucial in meeting a hippogriff and Bronislava was going over the key points in her head. She thought it might be a pretty good guess that a hippogriff awaited them but she tried to keep other options open just in case. The Durmstrang girl glanced up at Vilhelm as he spoke and she gave him an agreeing nod, yes, he was correct about that.

The two of them stepped a little further into the maze and Bronislava sucked in a breath as they soon came face o face with the creature. So she had been right.. She tried very hard not to grimace at the sight of the entrails hanging from his mouth, then she quickly ran through in her head the first things they needed to do as she made eye contact with the hippogriff. Unblinking and not breaking eye contact, she could tell from her peripheral vision that her partner was bowing and she knew she should do the same. Still keeping her eyes on those of the creature, Bronislava slowly and deeply bowed respectfully, waiting for it to do the same back to them as her heart thudded in her chest.