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Soooooo...Derf was having thoughts. Fire related thoughts. You see...he still had fire seeds under his bed in case he should happen himself upon a dragon egg and then he could keep that safe for a bit...but now there were salamanders who also,
you know, like fire and warmth and well...he had a means of keeping one or several safe.
Could just take part of this magical fire and keep it warm there under his bed with the fire seeds and some charms he had been practicing....
IT WAS TOTALLY DOABLE!
"Professor...what about salamanders and fire seeds?" he asked nonchalantly as he poked and picked through the flames and ash in search for salamander number two. "Like...salamanders only live as long as the fire they were born from burns so like...could you magically keep that fire going and help fuel it with fire seeds? Like...eeeeeer...take SOME of their fire and then keep it elsewhere?" You know, just asking because curious and all. For science, as Jessa would say.
OH LOOK! There was one!
Being ever so careful, Derf scooped his hands under the salamander that...er...was really not keen on moving and looked really REALLY terrible.
Or maybe it was just covered in ash? That dull color flaky stuff sure looked like it. But as Derf TRIED to rub and brush it all off...he realized that it was not ash from the fire but the poor creature's own scales. In fact, Derf's gloves were now covered in scales that had fallen off the creature.
And it broke his little 12-year-old heart.
Using his teeth to get the chili powder ready, Derf began sprinkling it over the creature starting at the head and working his way down..."Where is your...." And then the Hufflepuff's eyes fell on the ash just behind the TAILLESS salamander.
Yup...there was its tail...detached and in the fire pit still.
Working quickly to rub in the chili powder as efficiently and gently as he could manage - because MORE scales were coming OFF - his eyes flickered back to the professor once more. "It's tail came off..." he whimpered. "Is...is it too late for it?"
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