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Oakey had decided it was best to lay low while this played out. He hadn't learned how to deal with Hippogriffs so he thought playing dead would be the best option. Then he over heard his Prefects conversation with Head Master Tate. picking his head up off the ground slightly while still laying on his stomach he tried to get her attention. Hey, Hey... Over here...I-I have some bread. If that'll help. Oakey said in a loud whisper not wanting to get the Hippogriffs attention.
Arya blinked at the younger Hufflepuff.
Why was he lying down?
"I have bread." She held up the bag,
"But you... listen to Headmaster Tate." Yeah. That was always the best course of action to take. Hopefully the creature wouldn't mess with the kid.
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Cassirin "I definitely prefer ducks," Tate added as an aside, although all the pleasant chatter about ducks and bread and such was probably at an end. Didn't it figure? Walk on the grounds... find a dangerous beast.
"No, they're carnivorous. But if it was hungry, it would go after one of those ducks, I suspect." He wasn't much of an animal behaviorist, but that creature was a bit out of sorts. Ill, perhaps?
She was really hoping that the hippogiff wouldn't be going after the ducks, what with how fond she was of them now. And the new groundskeeper probably wouldn't like it either.
Just in case she gave them another slice of bread to keep them close.
"Maybe he's just lost..." The poor creature looked terrified, and was making enough noise to back up her theory. Too many Hogwarts students could be frightening she supposed. Her eyes flicked over to the new Huffie to join there gathering, which probably wasn't helping calm the hippogriff, and then looked back up to the Headmaster.
That actually seemed like a good plan.