[ The thing about Chicken is -- he was going to get himself another owl after Hoot grew too fat to fit into its cage, but then heard about the mean cat who no one wanted so he took pity on the poor Sphynx. No regrets though. Who knows what would have happened to Chicken otherwise. Most times, Peter doesn't think about himself and the kind of trouble he gets himself into, especially on account of another. ]

Everything's fine. I'm just backlogged. Been spending too much doing... you-know-what. [ By that he means attempting to practice wandless magic which he'd already told Anders about before. It's just not something he wants to mention in public because he's looking to be able to try the more difficult spells soon and doesn't want any of the Professors putting a stop to it because they think he might end up getting himself killed. Just today he'd tried to do a levitation spell, but somehow ended up flipping himself over a tree and it was a lucky thing he didn't land on his head or he wouldn't be here right now. ]

What have you been busy with?