"I had a fuckload of coffee and went to bed early last night," Charlie said, amused. "Plus I get to see a load of animals today, so it's all good for me," he said. He'd picked up a book on muggle animals the other day and been reading it more closely than he'd ever studied the topic before. "Isn't it a bit cold here for giraffes," he asked, remembering they came from Africa.
Settling himself in the car took only a matter of seconds, especially since he could stretch his legs into the foot well. "Lions are good," he agreed, "but I'm looking forward to the elephants too. They're the closest thing in size to a dragon after all, and what I've been reading about their intelligence is fascinating." He buckled his seatbelt and leaned back, waiting for the journey to start.
"I did charm my leg to black, so if it ends up visible for some reason there's no need to worry about alarming the Muggles more than the usual amount a prosthetic would bring," he added casually. He knew both Dominic and Genie had seen the usual parade of colours and patterns which were charmed to cycle through the limb, and that Charlie could manipulate that function.