"It took some finagling with my parents and getting the right connections in the muggle world, but one of the bonuses of playing nice with the half-bloods and the occasional muggleborn means connections that extend beyond the wizarding world," Ash explained for how he could manage to pull off doing it at all. He then laughed and shook his head, "I believe you're the more adventurous of the two of us, Lyra. I'll gladly look at a hippogriff from a safe distance."