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There's nothing to see here. Nothing at all. We're merely testing the new Groundskeeper's hearing and whatnot. Clearly, all the buzzing from the bees has made some damage, which she found particularly fortunate, for... no reason.
Mags was with her, of course, but the pygmy puff hid the moment Queen Alice was spotted. Mags was obviously nicer than Lotus.
Interesting, though. She seemed lost in thought, and there's nothing more dangerous than a Gryffindor lost in thought. It was probably not the case and that's how she was portraying herself to be left alone, correct? Yes, that's not gonna work on Lottie, so the Hogwartian appeared out of nowhere and stood next to Alice, pretending to admire the gate as much as the Quidditch Captain was. "Considering leaving before your time's up?" Straight to it, yes? Yes. "You'll be leaving soon anyway, it's not really worth it, is it?" Escaping. Even for a day or two. It seemed like so much trouble. The way Alice was approaching this, of course, because Lottie already had ideas if she was planning on leaving the grounds for some reason.
Still no ideas for escaping Azkaban. Pity.
She must have spotted Mags before Mags spotted her, because Alice SAW the pygmy puff. Fortunately, her irrational fear had disappeared by now and been replaced with more understandable ones, so she felt no need to rid the world of another fuzzy hairball. Lottie's pet was safe. For now.
"If I wanted to leave, I could," she said, eyes still trained on the winged boars, though Alice was watching the Hufflepuff from the corner of her eye. Adult now, you know? Nobody could
make her come to school.
"But there are better things to do with this gate than get to other side of it."
And one of those things was what she planned to attempt at this very moment.
Was Lottie looking for a show? 'Cause she'd found one.