They were going to make basilisk necklaces. How wicked was that?! Beverly was on board. Have something that cool around her neck, her cousins will burn with envy. That AND it provided protection. Yes. Someone give her a fang.

"I can help with shrinking one of them," she offered. You know, just being a helpful Prefect. She did have questions, though. Two of them. "Professors, duplicating them won't lessen their power?" Their poison or whatever. Second question. "And...are we going to duplicate enough for the entire school?" Or just for them? The former sounded like a lot of work.