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Eliza timidly opened the glass door.
Though decidedly warmer than the rest of campus curiously, what she was doing was probably against the rules.

"Sparrow ...where are you?"
A little worried now.
Had someone discovered him? Sure he was a little odd looking!
But he was a parrot not an owl.
Someone would find out and then...

Feeling a weight on her foot the Hufflepuff picked up the peach, spirited fledging. She produced some fruit and even some worms discovered on the way over.

"Slow down, you'll make yourself sick!" she laughed.

Gently running a hand over the start of its saphire plumage.

Plumage?!

Eliza sighed.
She didn't see any real harm in asking to keep him.
After all, they had made it this far right?

Eliza tucked the little parrot close, hoping she wouldn't smother the little trooper and assumed a position like she was huddled from the cold.

"J-just me a h-humble Hufflepuff."

She had not been any major trouble lately.

Beyond academically of course.
However, the little featherhead was mostly harmless. What bad would it be to keep him? What punishment...

Eliza tried to keep an even position surprised ne that she was NOT trying to be unseen or even attempting to conceal something.

Though neither were too far from the truth.

"Getting out of the cold..." Eliza replies stating the obvious.

Now what?

She knew that there were a great number of reasonable reasons to be out on such a day?

Acceptable?

Perhaps if she had some extra motive...picking up a spare pot and a notepad from her pocket - she thought fast.

"I wanted to record various effects on unkept plants in winter - an odd curiosity I know..."

Sparrow though glad to have been extra warm for a little while makes an annoyed chirping almost coughing sound.

Nearly dropping the pot, Eliza checks on her little friend.

"Exams! Do you think they're anything like back home? Two per day and an early dismissal?"

Pets his ebony beak gently.

"No pressure dear one but if you could grow just a little bit - I could have you with the owls. It might not smell very nice but it'd be warmer..."

Besides, parrots had put up with pirates below deck - hadn't they?