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Nem stared back down at the niffler, waiting to see if it would indeed try to dig the ring from their fist, then kept watching as it scurried away. Maybe if it had been a real creature, they might have had some level of interest in it. Toys and models were boring, however well enchanted.
They kept the ring clutched in their fist, and had nothing else bright and shining to capture the thing's attention. Winning smiles and eager eyes not inclusive.
There were a few moments of brief entertainment where other students overreacted to the enchanted toy running around - Castillo never failed on that score - but it only ever lasted, like, a couple of seconds max before Nem's interest waned again. After those few, it just got sort of irritating.
Things got rolling soon enough though, onto... right. Newt Scamander. The 'niffler'. She was trying to be clever, that was all that was about. With the spell on the toy removed, Nem replaced their ring on their thumb again, before sitting back in their seat. Creatures were an interest of theirs, but Newt Scamander himself was not. And the opening question was a bit of an insult to boot. Anyone who'd glimpsed at a textbook could regurgitate enough facts for an answer.
Though it was sometimes hard to believe that the vast majority of people at this school had come within ten feet of a school textbook.
Point was, Nem was not particularly inclined to answer at all. But their hand still went up, thanks to one Emo Rasting. "There might be a better argument that it all started with hippogriffs, actually, because of Scamander's mother breeding them. Her encouragement sparking his interest in creatures and all that." Sweet smiles for you, Rasting, and you, Recard. "Something probably influenced her too, and maybe it keeps on going back and back like that, so who can really say for sure what the real start of it was?"
Had they gone off track? Maybe if Rasting hadn't started the derailment. Shame on him.
"Oh, and Scamander studied demiguises," Nem added, clearly as an afterthought.
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