The common room was feeling a bit stuffy, in part because people piled in there and then were afraid to leave and pay to get back in. Still, Mo didn't go too far with his little gargoyle friend. And he dragged a younger kid with him to do that whole 'paying it forward' thing. Plus Aquila was dead amusing.

"Now, then... we ought to come up with some tricks to do together, right? But maybe we just master the spell first." Mo sat on the top step and set his gargoyle at his feet. "Piertotum locomotor," he cast the spell and then gave his gargoyle a little shove with his foot.

What to do first? No marching or jumping or whatever, because that was pretty standard stuff. "Somersaults, little gargoyle. Three in a row and then some jazz hands at the end." He hoped that Aquila would see his gargoyle be all inspired and come up with a plan for their gargoyles.