Freya walked down to the nursery again, this time with a new pair of gloves with a slightly heavier weight to them. Noor was still a baby, but her spines had hardened, and Freya didn't want to take any chances.

She opened the door to the nursery and peered around. There were a few students milling about around the room, but that was all. Freya kneeled down next to Noor's cage and was surprised to see the knarl moving about in her designated space. "Certainly have gotten more active haven't you?" Freya said as she slipped on her pair of gloves and opened the cage. Noor crept forward very slowly and smelled the hands that were in the door of her 'house', but before long she seemed to realize who it was and waddled into Freya's hands. Noor had gotten bigger still since the last time Freya had seen her, which was not long ago at all. Noor now had to be held with both hands and was actually trying to fidget around to get a better look at things. "Not so dependant now anymore I see." Freya said to the animal as she took a peek into the cage.
There was not a scrap of food left, and the water dish was only a quarter of the way full. 'Goodness she's gotten an appetite...' Freya thought as she actually allowed Noor to take a place on her shoulder. Freya could feel the animals claws start to dig into her skin and decided to bring her outside for a while to play.

Freya let Noor wander around in the pen outside. It was a bit warmer today than it had been, so that wasn't an issue for the pair. Noor sniffed the ground and started to burrow away at the firm soil with her clawed feet. She stuck her nose in the new pile of dirt and gave a little sneeze, 'Choo'. Not being able to free herself from every spec of invading dirt, she shook her head and sneezed a couple more times. After another minute, Noor actually waddled quickly over to Freya who was seated nearby on the ground. Noor continued to shake her head as though saying, 'Get this off of me'. Freya picked Noor up and placed the knarl into her warm lap, then carefully removed the dirt particles from Noor's small nose. "Better?" She said to the animal as she laughed slightly. After watching the little critter give a giant yawn, Freya decided it was time to bring her back into the nursery. "Maybe I was wrong, you really are still a baby...but that works for me."

She walked over to Noor's cage again and made sure that it was cleaned up before adding Noor to the mix of fresh shavings, water, food, and another play thing. Freya had actually brought a small blanket to place in the box for her knarl. After giving the spotless cage a thorough scan, Noor took it upon herself to make a cozy space for herself in the new blanket. With a final yawn and twitch of her little legs, she drifted off to sleep.

Freya watched as the knarl settled in for the night, and thanked her lucky stars that she was able to visit again, after being deathly ill the last time. She took out a notepad and scribbled another journal entry in for herself, and for the professor's reference. Taking a final count of food items, Freya placed her supplies back into her bag and headed back towards the castle.