 ½ EagleBrain ♥ Creeperdoodle ♥ Raven Dor ♥ Berry ♥ ½ Team House Elf
For a short while, Zeke worked in silence, too absorbed in his cleaning technique and stroking the Hippogriff at the same time. He was making good progress now, and the job would soon be done. At the parts where the wings were, he spent a bit more time making sure his wings of steal grey, black and brown were perfectly clean and shiny, and in the crook of its hindquarters too.
It wasn't until He Who Was Yet To Be Named turned his head around to give him a nudge that he realised his hands had stopped moving and he was simply resting his hand on the beasts back. "Sorry boy," he replied softly, re-dipping the sponge into the cleaning solution and moving it around the beasts body in soothing circular motions.
"You know, I do think Helios suits you... you're eyes are bright like the Sun, I'm sure you soar quite as high, and you are a very noble creature," he concluded, perfectly satisfied with the name now. "You are Helios," he nodded, pausing to HUUUGGGG the wet and suds covered Hippogriff. It let out a short light squawk, before nudging him again. Zeke chuckled.
He abandoned his wet sponge for the dry one, and started to remove the excess water from Helios' face, and again he moved slowly and soothingly back to the end of the Hippogriff. No more suds, no more excess moisture, just cleanliness. The wings of course were damp, but the Professor had said to let those air-dry, and so he did, though he helped it a little in the crook where they met on his back.
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