[Almost as if he knew what you were thinking, Sirius moved a little closer to whisper as the Hippogriff played with the scarf.]

" .. . I'll nick it back for you later - think if we tried to get it back now he might decide to use those talons of his."

[Buckbeak paused for a moment, to eye the two a moment as if suspicious before trotting back over and nipping at the hood of Sirius' robes.]

" . . . Hopefully Remus'll be okay with him staying. Don't know where he came from."

[. . He seriously doubted they'd get an option on whether or not the hippogriff could stay.]