"Oh dear me, no. I have been told I'm a student here, now." He eyes the octopus with a wrinkling of his nose and tries to stay out of the arms' reach while attempting a polite smile. Because the girl is a ray of sunshine. And her hair! Her hair is quite marvelous. It reminds him of fire. He doesn't want to offend her, and of course he loves ALL of God's creatures great and small, but that octopus... Didn't those things have beaks? Or were those squids? He had no idea. Aziraphale had only ever seen them in aquariums and on his plate.

"Though I guess I am a bit old for it."