Kurumi waited for some sort of reaction from the niffler as it continued to clutch its precious, but nothing ever came. No more growling. No narrowing its eyes. No sticking its nose up in the air. Nothing. Well, these was a SLIGHT change in the creature's body position as some of the tension in his slender frame was lessened.

Kurumi leaned forward a bit and slowly closed her eyes and opened them. To the Gryffindor's delight, the niffler returned the gesture which meant that it was safe to reached out and touch him. Which she did...with a slightly trembling hand. "Oh thank Merlin," she said in an exasperated tone as she patted the top of his head and moved her hand under his chin to scratch a bit more there. "There's a good boy," she smiled, her eyes looking at the object still in his possession. She scratched the creature under his chin a bit more with one hand while her other reached forward and gently tugged on the shiny.