[Quiet though her mutter is, he hears it.] I'm not a person who tells jokes, Miss Carnahan.
[At her invitation, he unclasps his hands from behind his back and steps over the threshold into the room. The emu plods in after him and immediately takes to pecking curiously at the light switch. The light turns off and on a couple of times as a result.]
Steven. Enough. [The emu stops and looks at him, and Severus points to a clear spot of floor large enough for the bird to sit down.] Sit down. Behave yourself.
[The emu lowers its head as if apologising and begins to plod off to where he was told to sit. But not before he approaches Miss Carnahan, inquisitively eyeing her.]
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[At her invitation, he unclasps his hands from behind his back and steps over the threshold into the room. The emu plods in after him and immediately takes to pecking curiously at the light switch. The light turns off and on a couple of times as a result.]
Steven. Enough. [The emu stops and looks at him, and Severus points to a clear spot of floor large enough for the bird to sit down.] Sit down. Behave yourself.
[The emu lowers its head as if apologising and begins to plod off to where he was told to sit. But not before he approaches Miss Carnahan, inquisitively eyeing her.]