"Ani-mal-is Fid-el-us," Tobias muttered to himself, practicing the incantation for this spell quietly to himself at first, until he'd more or less gotten used to how the words went together, and the inflections, and all the little details. "Ani-mal-is Fid-el-us..."

Once he figured he had the hang of it, Tobias cleared his throat a little and began saying the words a little louder, sort of scrunching up his nose a little as he heard his old-aged croaky voice. Not cool.

"Animalis Fidelis," the Hufflepuff said as clearly as he could. "Animalis Fidelis." And still he kept his attention on the two professors as much as he can, though it was really easy to get distracted by the adorable little puffskeins. "Animalis Fidelis."