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[h1][color=MediumSlateBlue]Melanie Ariana Stryder[/color][/h1]

Turning her attention away from the mischevious Ravenclaw for a moment to attend to her own sickly rodent, Melanie managed to coax the rat into sipping small quantities of the draught at regular enough intervals. Each time it spluttered and began to cough she would wait a while for it to settle again before attempting to get it to drink more. 
[color=MediumSlateBlue]"Now I know it probably tastes terrible but it's gotta be better than feeling like crap for even longer, right?"[/color] [i]Or dying from blood loss.[/i] she added as a silent thought to herself, sure the animal probably couldn't understand her the way snakes could but she still felt the need to attempt to reassure it as if it would help the animal's well being any further.

Setting down what remained of the decanter on the desk, she let the rat nestle into the crook of her arm while the potion took effect, silently praying that today wouldn't be the day Kindle decided to ignore her advice and try her luck at eating the poor thing anyway.