Sam let out a little gasp as the horses were revealed. She'd been introduced to thestrals before, on her first ever journey to the castle, and she'd met Dora's mini abraxan too. But she'd never seen a full sized one, nor an aethonon or granian, and their size surprised her.

"They're beautiful!" she exclaimed quietly as she shuffled closer to the front, tending towards the side with the thestral since there seemed to be fewer there. Because they couldn't see Sinatra, she assumed. "Why are they 'ere in the barn, Professeh?" the Ravenclaw asked curiously, raising her hand. "Jus' for us teh study?" Because there must be a whole herd of thestrals somewhere on the grounds for pulling the carriages, right?