He laughed lightly, shaking his head. "I only ask because I'd imagine you could take a much more bulky lion than I could," he clarified. "For me, though, it was a very real lion."
"So Blaise wasn't lying," Lucy said thoughtfully. "Does Blaise normally lie?" Ellis asked, tilting his head.
Emerson, freshly shaved and cleaned, was consulting his notes as he walked down the hallway. He passed Rory and glanced up, frowning. "Mallory? What are you doing?"