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Sorry? What? "Why are you apologising?" he asked, shooting the boy an incredulous look, "It's not exactly bad. Just thought you should know for future purposes." In case the boy found himself in a similar situation and he started wondering why he was being stared at in such a weird way by anther stranger. So in a way, Grayson was doing this one a favour. And for free, too. See? He was being nice.
And it turns out that he wasn't the only one doing favours around here. Grayson smiled, genuinely smiled, when Cutty chuckled. "Oh jeez, that many?" But then again, it was a big school. Maybe he shouldn't be so surprised. "I'd like that. That way we both know who to keep away from. Or not to fully believe."
"The man who wore a tophat and did a somersault once?" Oh jeez. Oh MAN. This was GOOD. So good that it was not Grayson's turn to chuckle at the mere thought. He'd managed to give Polyjuice Potion to a Professor! "Oh jeez, that's too good! The whole school must have seen that." Uh huh. Smirk. "One whole glorious hour as a Professor. Must have been remarkable."
Mordaunt's explanation of the laboratory was interesting. The fourth year nodded his head slowly as he listened. "Animals and plants. Dead ones you can use in the potions?" It was a laboratory, it had to have the ingredients nearby. Otherwise, what was the point? "Uh huh. It sounds like the ideal place to be. Potions and Defence." And to do homework but he wasn't counting that because it wasn't an interesting enough reason to use a room like that.
Why was he apologizing...Cutty preferred not to answer that one as he didn't know Grayson long enough to know that he'd be the sort of Slytherin to respond well to rules of society. Also, he didn't want him to think of him as dangerous or a threat. Though he had said it wasn't exactly bad. Duly noted.
It was a deal, then. They'd look out for succubi and sound the alarm is any tried anything. "
Yeah, that's the one." He said confirming the description of Professor Flamsteed. "
The whole school did see, but I'm afraid it was only one-sided, see. The Professor had aged so much that his hair was unusable." In fact, Cutty couldn't even get a hold on any of it, it had become such a soft and dissolvable gossamer. Candy floss.
With a shrug Cutty answered the next part of Grayson's comments. "
I suppose you could kill them if you needed to. But there was a store room filled with ingredients as well." If Professor Flamsteed hadn't shown up in the room when he did, Cutty was going to use the animals for testing. He'd've been surprised by the results too. But other than that, Cutty figured they were there for Transfiguration and spell testing purposes. At least, that's immediately what he thought of when he'd seen them. He could picture them now as he thoughts burrowed into need and he crossed the area one more time slowly.
The brass-handled door appeared nearby beckoning the boys to twist it open and see what lied beyond. Cutty'd heard it and quickly he rounded upon the polished door and flung it open. "
Coom, Whitty. This is it!"