Gideon could not help but chuckle at the spectacle, humour bolstered by the fact that Mr. Rowle seemed, too, to be good-natured about it.

He had seen before duelists—at tournament, that is, not when honour was on the line—use their animagus form as a means to escape a hex or jinx. Gideon might have done so himself, but was still indeed quite shaken up by his most recent transformation. Instead, he opted for the decidedly less interesting shield charm.