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[hairflyingheartpounding]

I'm really pretty excited about the goats, but I have to wonder why we Hufflepuffs are each being assigned one, too. I know Professor Mercer is head of Ravenclaw, so that makes sense, but us? It's not a bad thing at all, I'm just curious about it.

Comments

[greenteengenius]

Possibly. The only hoofed mammal I'm familiar with is deer.

[bonafide_divinity]

So let's think about it this way: if a deer had an extra set of horns that looked like they might be about three times too big for the deer's head... what sort of conclusion would you draw?

[greenteengenius]

It might be a unique species, so perhaps I wouldn't eat it. I suppose it would depend on how hungry I was.

[bonafide_divinity]

[inkblot]

Are you saying that if you were hungry enough, you would eat a mutant deer? What's wrong with you?

[greenteengenius]

You're assuming it's a mutant. It might be a variant species not native to the Isles. Which is why I would not eat it--it might belong to someone.

[bonafide_divinity]

And not because it might have diseases?

[greenteengenius]

As I said, it would depend on how hungry I was. Wizards are hardy when it comes to illness but are still susceptible to starvation.

And I am still not convinced this is a result of disease rather than natural variation.

[bonafide_divinity]

[inkblot]

You have a point.

But there's a chance that it's a result of disease and that should be what would keep you from eating it. Not the fact that it "might belong to someone else"

[greenteengenius]

If it appeared as healthy as my goat I wouldn't let worry cheat me of a good meal, that is all I am saying.

And my goat is healthy, I am sure. They wouldn't give me one with such an obvious ailment.