"Ernt tell me what t'do," Arrick drawled, annoyed. Did he look like the kind to go gallabanting around into harm's way? He scowled a bit at Josh, too, but he knew how silly the other boy could be so he figured what was said wasn't serious.

But Abigail mentioned Thestrals. Which were also on the list of things to find stuff from. And they were supposed to be what?

"Thestrals are unseeable?" Arrick paused. Great. They were supposed to look for invisible things? "Ernt find what you ernt see. Balmy, this is, all of it," he muttered.

He sidestepped a pile of dung, making a face as he continued poking about the pen.