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He was feeling a bit peckish himself but felt no need to beat a dead horse. They were probably all hungry. It was the convenience of having the kitchen around when a snack was needed outside of meals and while he wasn't one of the growing students anymore, he was a MAN and by nature they required a lot of food. Yes, this was quite troublesome indeed. Equally troublesome, no student ever seeming to see anything when he asked.
"There wouldn't happen to be some student led joke, would there? Some year of pranks to josh the new guy, tug him about a bit then no matter what, swear you never saw anything?" If there was, it would be such a clever little way of avoiding having to name anyone and with him trying to enforce ethics he couldn't very well veritaserum half the school population but he couldn't help think about it all the same.
"I don't suppose either of you would tell me if there were, the unlikelihood I'd find out the real culprit if everyone kept their mouth shut but," Because there was a 'but', just in case, "hypothetically speaking, if that's the case, I'd like you all to put an end to it. If, hypothetically speaking, there is some organized effort going on here, let the leader know I'm willing to pursue this no further if everything ends here and the portrait is returned." See? He could be reasonable. Malachi wasn't sure what to believe at this point, so it was important to cover all bases.
Speaking of, the man raised an eyebrow at O'Hara's suggestion.
"Toddles?" The inattentive elf? "I mean, he's annoying at times with his lack of attention to detail and inability to complete more than one task at a time but...this seems a stretch. He'll pop up sooner than later for his next task. I'll have a word with him then. You lot can help in the meantime. Someone must have seen something. Find a ghost, find a portrait, find Peeves--but leave if he's being too rowdy." There was no need to bring anyone to unnecessary discomfort on the part of the poltergeist. "If any of you see an elf, direct them my way but let's not start pestering them for food they're very busy."
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