Theo didn't have long to wait. Only a few minutes later, the study brightened with a silver gleam. A raptor much smaller than Theo's Eagle darted swiftly into the room. The Peregrine fixed Theo with an intent black-eyed stare that looked more than a little familiar, and then it said - in Snape's deep voice, so very different from a falcon's shriek - "Excellent work on mastering the spells so quickly, and securing our line of communication that much sooner." The bird dissipated in a wisp of silver mist, gone without trace.