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BanaBatGirl 
Now this one… what was Willy going to do with her? "What don't you understand?" He actually knew a small, very small, amount of Spanish from working with Peruvian dragon tamers. So this strange child was not impressing him much. It was obvious she was very nervous now…. heh.
"Isla." He repeated the name. "Good answer." And he tossed her a kneazle treat. "So you and Maleficent will stay after class today, then, so we can discuss the best place for Maleficent to live while you're at Hogwarts." OUTSIDE the castle. And that was that for now.
Huh? What was this about not understanding?
*perplexed look* Oh, wait. That last little thought had snuck out her brain and exited her mouth, hadn't it? She decided not to reply to the question, as she doubted he really wanted an answer to it anyway. She wasn't expecting a treat to be tossed at her at that exact moment, but she managed to catch it anyway.
She started to give Maleficent her treat, but looked up with an 'THAT'S SO UNFAIR' expression on her face when he mentioned staying after class. UGH. Now that he'd gone and requested it, she'd have to stay! She'd been planning on merging in with the departing crowds and taking off.
"Yes, sir," she half-heartedly said.
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BanaBatGirl "How about you shove dung for three months for your cheek, Lazarus? Final offer. Actually, scratch that, it's now an assignment, not an offer. You WILL stay after class with Bellchant to start on the dung." Brilliant, he'd been looking for someone to clean the barns for him and now he'd found it.
THAT got her attention.
"Sir? I'm sorry, I thought I heard you say shoveling dung with...Bellchant?" she asked. Surely there had to be some mistake. Was there another Bellchant around here somewhere? SHE was staying after class to discuss kneazle homes, after all. It was Lazarus who'd wanted a pet in exchange for poop.
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BanaBatGirl William looked around to see if he'd missed anyone and then pointed to the board with his wand again.
FOOD | BEHAVIOR | TRAITS "We've discussed cats and kneazles being motivated by food, and being particular about their water and grooming, amongst other characteristics...." He wasn't going to spell it all out for them; he'd done enough by organizing their responses, kinda.
"But what I'm most interested in, today, is feline behavior, particularly around other felines. Some people say that mundane cats can't be trained, much less magical ones or even wild ones. So let's do a small experiment."
He took a few steps toward the cat run and again gestured with his wand, this time levitating a box of
various cat toys, treats, brushes, leashes, harnesses, and the like, so that the box drifted toward where the class was sitting. It seemed to hesitate for a moment and then the box spilled out and scattered all along the ground in front of the kids. And the box itself tumbled to the ground to rest like a big empty temptation to all the animals.
William grinned.
"Oops. Well anyway, now that you can see the tools available to you, let's see if you can get your pet, or one of Hogwarts' highly intelligent kneazles, to complete the Cat Obstacle Course, with NO MAGIC help from you, though I do recommend that you run alongside the course. We'll have you race one feline at a time, and I'll clock your times to see who wins." He held up an ordinary stopwatch so they could see.
"Remember, use the tools at your disposal to keep your feline in line. If you're a scaredy cat," he added, thinking of the few kids who hadn't picked up a kneazle yet,
"you can also work with ONE partner and their animal. Ready? GO!"
Whoever was first could step right on up and get going...
He, meanwhile, was going to hang out at the back with Carwyn. Er, the silver fox resting just behind him. He'd save the fastest one for last, heh.
Isla blinked as all the toys, etc. scattered out in front of them. Really, Williamson? Isla stayed in place as she surveyed the mess. In the meantime, she came up with a plan. She had toys, she had a kneazle, and she a treat that could be broken up into pieces. Treats weren't magical, and he'd said no magic, so she was going to use the treats to move her kneazle along!
She grabbed a pretty pink harness and gently pet her kneazle as she secured it around her. Then she grabbed a random toy (some ball) and headed to the beginning of the obstacle course. Hmm...a red hoop. Isla tossed the ball through the hoop then tried to steer Maleficent along. The kneazle wasn't amused, though, which Isla didn't figure she would be. So she broke off a tiny piece of the treat, showed it to her kneazle, and then tossed it through the hoop.
The kneazle took off so fast that the harness slipped out of her hand, and it was only when Isla called for her pet and waved the treat around that the kneazle stopped. "Merlin!" she called out.