#18 - Of Tusks and Scales

Spinning around on her heels at the dog's bark she spotted the slobbery mutt and gave it a strained smile. She clicked her tongue at it reassuringly but made no attempt to approach it, godforbid even touch it. She could go her whole life without ever touching stinky dog drool.
She had noted before that the dog was kind of ugly, however, out in day light it looked almost cute despite of its ugliness and size.

She made an effort to make her smile warmer and more genuine when its owner came into view behind it.

"Hello. I don't mean to disturb you, I just wondered if you could answer a few questions about a bea- about a creature?"

Reena fought the urge to fidgted with her sleeves again, instead adjusting her posture as she had to look up at Hagrid's face.

Making her smile genuine came a lot easier to her when Hagrid chuckled and seemed all too eager to answer. She liked it when adults took the time to answer her, not just wave her off or shoot warning glances.
She hoped he would continue to keep an open mind with her.

"Yeah," she said relieved. She did not specify whether she had read or seen it, eventhough she wasn't sure why she tried to not arouse suspicion or attention to the quest for the artefacts.
Perhaps she did not want to appear foolish for such an undertaking the year before her O.W.L.S.

But she surely wouldn't have time to run on a fool's errand next year, so it was now or never.

"I was wondering if you'd know of a beast that resembles a bear. It has three eyes and scales and curved tusks, I sadly don't know its name", she described it to the best of her abilities.
"Could it be, hypothetically, used to guard something? Meaning it could be trained?"

She smiled at him, although she was still feeling nervous and cast a glance at the big dog who had laid down on the ground for a nap or something, whatever dogs did.