Well, wanted was a bit of a strong word but the sixth years were a persuasive bunch and Mikey couldn't argue with the fact that the material was on the syllabus. Plus it was an area of spellwork he'd woefully neglected in recent years. "In one," he said, nudging the door closed behind them. "They've been pushing me for people-Erumpents and Acromantulas since the beginning of term, I'm afraid. Though you'll be glad to hear we're not going there." That was a little outside what he was capable of if he was honest, but Nate need not know that. "Space issues, you see."
Plus Nate didn't really have the Erumpent look about him. Not that many people did, but that was just him getting distracted. "So I was thinking about something a little more manageable, household size. Gnome, cat, Crup, bird of some sort?" They were all well within his abilities and nothing that would have Schechter sending him owls about noise levels or destruction of school property. "From an technical point of view a bird would be more interesting - fragile skeletons, variety of feather types, tricky balance issue to allow flight." No annoying barking or biting of ankles as well. "Though if you've always had a hankering to be a Gnome, that's fine with me."