He chuckled, the lady did bring up a fair point. Books tended to be just a bit safer. He’d never been a truly adventurous person, that hadn’t been why he had chosen his field, he’d just enjoyed animals and had taken the first post he could find out of school for a myriad of reasons, settling into the Beast Department without much consideration of the danger of such a position.

The comment of children stopped him up short as he looked at the lady. She appeared young but had she had several children already? She hadn’t objected to him calling her ‘miss’ but perhaps she was indeed married. “You have children?” He couldn’t help but ask. Maybe the children would prove an even better method of calming her, he told himself that was why his curiosity was piqued.

“Thank you.” He was grateful find that he wasn’t keeping her from anything - and it had the added benefit of making sure he could diligently get this job done.

“Certainly.” He nodded toward the creatures, “Which one would you like to know about first?” His eyes scanned the cages and realized that the seller was probably in for more trouble than Percy had originally anticiapted.