So, lugging a stump up the stairs wasn't advisable. Thank Merlin for magic (that Paul remembered he could do about halfway from the Greenhouses to the front doors of the castle). He set the stump down with a gentle thud before knocking on James' door to his office.

And now...he had to wait!

Humming cheerfully, he shoved his hands in his pocket and rested a foot on the stump, posing like the stallion he was (obviously) as he waited.