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River dropped the ball to the ground, tucked away his wand back in his arm holster and watched his two dogs figure out what to do next. Usually, dogs would clamour for the ball but the two just...stared at it. Bumi however, began to nudge the toy towards River's feet. "Ah. Another round, I suppose?" Roscoe barked once, as if saying yes. Well, their tails wagging said so. The Healer picked the ball up, ready to make it fly across again, when a young lady made her presence known.
River turned around, gave the Gryffindor a smile and returned her greeting. "Hello Miss...?" It was just the second day of the school year, which means that River hasn't completely memorized the student roster. There were hundreds of them...meaning he couldn't remember this young lady's name. Roscoe and Bumi barked twice, and River immediately had his finger on them and gave the commanding "Tsch!" No barking when he's talking to someone, boys. "I suppose that's them saying thank you for the compliment." River grinned and went on to introduce his dogs. "This is Roscoe," he said patting the jetblack furry dog, "And this one is Bumi." he continued and gave the chocolate brown mutt a good old pat on the head. "Both of them are rescue dogs. Newfoundlands to be exact." he said turning the ball in his hand. "Why don't you let them smell the back of your hand? If they poke it with their nose then you'd know you can pat them." he said stepping aside to let the Gryffindor do her introductions.
Oh! How silly of her. She had forgotten to say her name. Olivia turned pink once more (more so in embarrassment this time) as she had forgotten to introduce herself. Silly, silly, silly. "
Holden. Olivia Holden," she said with a nod. She almost felt like she would need to extend her hand out towards him, knowing how clumsy she was. "[b]I'm transferring here from Beauxbatons.[b]" Just a little context so he would know that she was new as well. She glanced down at the barking dogs and smiled. Barking dogs would have scared her when she was younger but having Mr. Bennett and Chewy at home had taught her not to be afraid of barking dogs.
She listened to the Healer as he introduced his two dogs. Bumi and Roscoe. Bumi. Was the dog named after the famous character from the children series Avatar the Last Airbender? She was tempted to ask but bit her lip instead. Perhaps that question would be a bit too out there. She could hear her brother's voice cautioning her to not go all out at first as she had been told that she could be a bit "too" much in person before. Olivia ignored her brother's advice. "
Bumi and Roscoe? Great names. Did you rescue them yourself?"
For he was certainly dashing enough to do such a thing.... Err... Earth to Olivia? You there?
She blinked. Right. Focus on the dogs. Right.
Bumi and Roscoe. The brunette brought the back of her hand out a distance towards the dog at a pace that wouldn't startle the dogs. She made sure not to outstretch her hand as well. "
G'day Roscoe and Bumi. How do you do? I'm Olivia," she smiled.