 CoMC Homework #1 - Post #7 be curious, not judgmental
"Scrub-a-dub-dub," Sophie cooed to Genevieve, then realized how absolutely lame that sounded. Must've been hanging around Tobes too much - he was a sucker for cheesy little sayings like that, judging by the way he talked to Curtis. Buncha nerds, the lot of them. But she continued along with using the sponge to get her griffin nice and soapy and squeaky clean, taking care to not get it too close to Genevieve's face, especially the eyes.
But soon enough, the baby griffin was covered thoroughly in suds and it was time to rinse her down. Taking the nearby bucket, Sophie filled it with water using Aguamenti again, then followed it with the hot-air charm again to warm it up. Then, she poured the warm water over the griffin with one hand and used her free hand to work out the suds. She repeated this many times before the griffin's feathers and fur were finally mostly suds-free... except for the water she was standing in. Hm. HMMM. Well. Looked like she'd just have to do what she could.
"C'mon, Genevieve," Sophie encouraged, lifting the very content griffin out of the tub and directing a stream of Aguamenti at the griffin's lower legs to get off the remaining soap there. Once THAT was done, Sophie took the big, fluffy towel and worked at drying off the griffin, who just stood there, letting the Ravenclaw do so.
In all reality, the griffin looked like it was ready to sit back down, flop over, and take a nap at any moment, so... Sophie worked a bit more efficiently to dry off Genevieve, and once the baby griffin was as dry as she could get and she got to brush her a bit, Sophie carried her back over to the blanket they'd left across the pen and set her back down on it, then observed with a smile as Genevieve made herself cozy and already closed her eyes.
...That was really, really cute, okay? Absolutely precious. Now SHE wanted one, too, and she hoped Tobes would actually get his way with Javy in keeping one as a pet for REAL. Ugh.
Trailing back over to the bathing area, Sophie worked on cleaning everything - she emptied the tub and cleaned it, cleaned the buckets and sponges, and made sure everything got put back the way it was when she found it.
This whole taking care of a griffin thing was actually pretty fun. Pets were never Sophie Brown's thing, but... this... was kind of great. It was too bad she couldn't keep Genevieve, really, and their eventual farewell to each other would be... a lot harder than she ever anticipated it would be.
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