Notes. Kat was totally taking notes, especially the ones about what a beast was. Not what they thought a beast was. Yeah, she was aware that it can be found in the Care of Magical Creatures textbook but apparently she could remember things better if she wrote them on paper. Easier to memorize. It was her studying technique or whatever you call that, a skill or her preference. But when it came for the opinions, Kat dropped her quill for a moment to participate.

What WAS a beast to her? "Katrina Hudson," she said her name because she didn't say it earlier. "They're vicious and really dangerous, and some of them could probably bite your head off in less than a second if they feel like you're invading their territory or if you annoy them." Have you ever tried annoying an acromantula? Of course not. You'd make a mountain troll seem like a genius if you even tried.