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Steelsheen 
Salander shifted his attention slowly at Kurumi, still warily waving the pitch fork at the invisible creepy crawlies "Shy.... vultures?" Blink. blink.That made as much sense to him as smart trolls. His head shifts up at the rafters again and eyes the nests, then down on the ground.... should he be more afraid of carcass feeders or one that doesnt care if your a carcass or not?
"Maybe... maybe you're right. Vult-- I mean augereys, cant be so bad right? They eat bugs, how dangerous could the possibly be?" he grinned nervously as he sat down on the crate, now just keeping his eyes on the floor warily.
Wait a what? "Parselmouth?" he repeated dumbstruck at the little Gryffie. That sounded familiar... and important. Oh! "You mean someone that speaks to snakes? No... no I cant do that. Can I do that, I mean can I learn to speak to snakes?"
Maybe he can tell them to get the heck away from them. Or go after some annoying people. Something like that.
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And pixies," she reminded him waving her index finger. Sadly, the common room had been out of those. Plenty of bugs though. She was about to respond a bit more when Salander moved onto snake charming, erm, talking.
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I guess not," she giggled nervously. "
Parselmouth, I've read, is something more common to be hereditary than it is learned. I suppose it was a little silly of me to assume you could, just because you are in Slytherin." She paused and looked up at him for a moment. "
Just like it is silly to assume that all vulture-looking creatures are evil." She added a little wink.
Putting all snake talk aside for now, Kurumi sat down on the edge of the crate they had been standing on, her feet dangling down and just barely touching the floor.