2 Lovely™ | Captain Hurted | Ariana's Bane | Resident Antagonist | Unparalleled Delight
A slight frown had appeared on Toby's face as he stood there, lost in his thoughts. Though whether it was his 'concentration frown' or his 'frowny frown' wasn't clear, as both were the same (and he had a tendency to sort of... never frown in front of other people if he was upset... unless he was at home, and even THEN it was rare). Thoughts of Dementors were stuck in his mind now, and he couldn't seem to shake them. They really were unpleasant things, and memories of Toby's first year were all flooding back now.
One memory in particular stuck, one of that girl... K-something... she had a K-name and she wasn't a student. She'd pointed out the silvery patronuses to him when Hadley was attacked, told him they fought off Dementors and everything, and hadn't he been so amazed, so desperate to learn how to do it? And now-...
He was seeing silver. It was hard not to. Toby had fully zoned out, forgetting he was even stood in a classroom, so when the ferret made up of positive magical energy appeared right there on his shoulder, it startled him so much he actually jolted. "Wha-" Toby blinked. And blinked and blinked. It really was very bright. And just as the Dementors in his memories of first year had been driven away by the patronuses back then, so too were the memories driven off by this very real one. Not in the same sense, though, just because... it had distracted him. Which was good.
A ferret, a ferret patronus. Toby blinked at its nuzzling and raised a hand to pet its head to say hello, then looked around for the caster (though he knew of course who the creature belonged to). His eyes connected briefly with Soph's, then went back to the ferret, and he interacted with it just as he might have if it were real. 'Cause it WAS real, technically. Was he not looking at it, feeling it nuzzling his face? Very very real.
It made him wish he could cast his own one, sad that he wasn't going to, but not enough to encourage him to try. So he just stood and made clicking noises with his tongue, 'talking' to the ferret, trying to pet it, and idly wondering what kind of happy memory had produced this little protector.
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