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The animals? I havnt actually explained it that well yet. Its something I want Zane to explore on his own. I can say the reason has already been placed somewhere in the earlier chapters but the reasoning doesn't follow 'lore accurate' harry potter rules. Just wait and find out, I have a lot of things planned for whats ahead. :D
glad your OK I love this novel and look forward to reading more when you can publish more it's definitely a new and fresh outlook on hogwarts that I truly enjoy so just keep up when you can and keep going this is a story I can definitely see going past 7th year hogwarts into exploring the world with your unique outlook on the Wizarding world