"That's definitely fair."  Aidan nodded, feeling relieved.  Though he would of course have preferred to get away with his theft, this was far less trouble than he'd gotten into in the past!<br/><br/>Without the immediate threat of lifetime kitchen-scrubbing over his head, he started to look around the room, his tail twitching curiously, his attention already jumping to new subjects as he surveyed the desk, the books, and as he came back to the desk again, the person sitting in it.  He had been told about Albus when he'd arrived, but hadn't met him until now.  He was not what Aidan had been expecting.  "So how come you started this school?" he asked.