Gary's rather startled by this. people rarely ever want to speak to him if they cana void it.


"Um...hi. My name's Gary. Yeah, i'm a first-year, though some people think I'm older becuase I'm bigger than most everybody else in the first year...thanks. About the ferret. And talking to me, too. i really on't have any friends around here. or anywhere, for that matter, other than Gizmo here, and my owl, and the giant squid, he seems to like me...and I really like animals, anyway, they don't talk back usually, and they're always there as company unless they're hungry, and they tend to be a lot nicer than people...You seem rather nice, though. What year are you?"