This had suddenly gone from a slightly dangerous situation to a very dangerous one, and Tate was only mildly irritated by the Hufflepuff that had gone all Gryffindor in their direction. Was likely to get himself killed to, and that made Tate VERY cranky.

"Don't be a fool, boy," he addressed Nate with a sigh. Hollingberry should just pull the kid's wand and stupefy him. It would be safer for everyone if he wasn't trying to fight off dangerous creatures in hand-to-hand combat. They weren't cavemen.

"Acromantula! Give us your name so that we may address you properly. Why have you left your forest and entered our grounds? You know that you do not belong here." It wasn't that he was ignoring the chimaera, but more that he wanted to try to reason with the creature that could actually TALK.