<div class="floatleft">(http://www.modelresource.ca/Scene/Feb09/hugo_1.jpg)</div><strong>Name:</strong>Laurent Valeris<br/><strong>Age:</strong>17<br/><strong>House:</strong>Slytherin<br/><strong>Patronus:</strong>Cat<br/><strong>Sexual Orientation:</strong>Straight<br/><strong>Wearing:</strong>Faded school robes with a fraying bottom hem.<br/><strong>Date:</strong>Sept. 2, 2018 morning<br/><strong>Location</strong>Empty Classroom<br/><strong>Tagging:</strong>Kylee Boren<br/>-----------------------------------------------------------------------<br/><br/>Kylee's long silence worried Laurent, chafing against his insecurity. In his rush to avoid offending her, had he inadvertently given offense? He was about to break the silence himself, likely to say something to make the situation worse from a lack of thoughtfulness in his words when Kylee spoke. Laurent was silently relieved. "I'm glad it didn't worry you," he said cheerfully. "Some people find the transformation unsettling. What they'd tolerate from a real cat becomes a violation when you do it as a cat. They don't realize that it's hard even for me to tell where my human desires end and my cat desires begin," he said, remembering a Ministry witch who'd kicked him for rubbing against her leg when Laurent was getting registered. She hadn't appreciated the contact, and Laurent had learned a painful lesson about how others reacted to animagi. "But your shirt really was soft. If you don't mind, I may make a habit of rubbing against it," he joked.<br/><br/>Laurent chuckled a little at her Transfiguration request. "Kylee, you know I'm always glad to tutor you," he said, smiling at the thought of continuing their lessons in NEWT Transfiguration. "Merlin's beard, if we keep at it, you'll be better than me at the end of the year. But this? I have no doubt you could do it. But it's a long and hard road. And a permanent one. For the rest of my life, I have the option of being a cat," he said, trailing off. He really did want to share his experiences, but the animagi process gave no guarantee of what animal you would become. All it gave you was a transformation, a power and a burden both. As much as he wanted to share everything he could with Kylee, this was something he would hold back, unless she insisted, simply out of concern for her.<br/><br/>But the more he thought about the idea, the more a thought crept into his mind. "Although... There may be another way," he mumbled, thinking hard about a book he'd read on the subject. "A spell could do it," he said, looking over at Kylee, curious as to her reaction. "Yes, a spell could change you into a cat as well. It wouldn't be something you could do at will, but it might give you the same experience," he mused, growing more curious about what could happen the more he considered the idea.<br/><br/>