When Tag heard Professor Rae ask about fear, he immediately thought, girls. But she was referring to animals. He wasn't really afraid of creatures unless they were specifically dangerous, but he knew plenty of people who were. Scenes from the snake incident in the Common Room filled his head, along with the bat-infested Great Hall. Plenty of people had been running around screaming then.

Tag raised his hand. "Manticore," he said quietly. Now there was something to fear.