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sweetpinkpixie · 06-08-2017, 06:54 AM

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Originally Posted by kayquilz

To Derf's question, though, Paul smiled. "These are from a sanctuary. Very kind of them to let us borrow them. We will return them back once we're done. I don't think we really have the right things here to fully care for the geckos." As tempting as it was to ...maybe, perhaps, steal one, Paul wouldn't. You had to do what was best for the animal!

"So, Derf, what else do you know about those geckos?" he asked the boy curiously.

Derf honestly wasn't sure what to make of that smile. ANYTHING the Herbology professor did was kind of suspect, you know? But his answer DID make the second year feel a tiiiiiiiiiny bit better. But of course was also planting ideas into the young one's mind. He could probably manage to make and set up something in his dorm...probably. But he reckoned that the sanctuary likely had counted how many there were sooooooo that would be too obvious if one went missing.

Chill, Derfael. No need to make Scamander MORE jealous.

Derf was just about to continue a long - even picked up a leaf he thought was another but alas, mistaken - when Dark Lord Head of House spoke again. "What kind of thing do you wanna know, profes-ss-sor?" he asked with a bit of bounce to his step. And WHY ask HIM and not the Creatures professor, hmmmmmm? WAS THIS SOME SORT OF TEST FOR DARK THINGS?! Derf decided to play it safe and not mention anything that could potentially land any geckos in some sinister brew. "Liiiiiiiike...mo-s-s-st geckos-s are nocturnal," he began, lightly petting the head of the one on his shoulder with his finger. "...and their eyes-s are 350 times-s more sens-sitive to light than ours-s because of this lens-s in their iris-s...but they don't have eyelids-s-s." Which was obvious when you just LOOKED at them but that wasn't really the point. "They s-s-shed their tails-s too. Or mos-st do anyway...AND many will return later to s-see if it is-s s-still there. The tail. If it IS-S then they will EAT it. Caus-se they use part of it keep nutrients-s. Important when there is-sn't a lot of food around." He was still scanning while talking, by the way, and occasionally poking a leaf or two. "Um um uuuuuuum...the little foot pad thingies-s on their feet are called -s-setae. What helps-s-s them cli---"

FOUND ANOTHER!

Without a doubt another one. Gleefully, Derf plucked gecko number two gingerly from the branch it was sitting on and then set it on his shoulder next to the other. FRIIIIIIIENDS.

06-08-2017, 06:54 AM	#56 (permalink)
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