What I know now to be a fire crab. What had the muggle thought it to be when he first stumbled on the awkward looking creature, Percy couldn’t help but wonder. He almost wished he could have been there to see the man’s face. The man did seem rather nervous and Percy could almost imagine the scene that might have unfolded.

Ah, he had frozen. That made sense given the situation. However, after this statement the man seemed to speed through his telling and skimmed over details that could have helped. “How did you run afoul of the creature?” He’d start there and move on to details in a few questions once the man had relaxed a bit.