Between classes, OWL preparation and her extra curricular activities, Felicity felt like she was practically neglecting her baby Floyd. Instead of seeing her every day - and sometimes twice a day, like she had last year - she was making an average of every two days.

Which wasn't good enough. And that was why Liss had came prepared with a shiny new brush, and some apples and sugar cubes, and was ready to spend the day spoiling her Aethonan, who'd grown so much over the last year that it made her emotional just to think about it.