In Hogwarts AU,
Tyson has a male Tawny Owl affectionately named Efraim [אֶפְרָיִם],
which means fruitful in Hebrew. Tyson named him this because he has a
habit of stealing fruit from Tyson, usually small pieces of apple,
making him ‘full of fruit’. He’s a pretty affectionate bird and a
reliable message deliverer for the young Hufflepuff. With Tyson’s
Synesthesia, Efraim’s body is viewed in black and his bones a deep
purple, but his feathers are viewed in a mix of green, yellow, and red. Jethro
took Tyson into Diagon Alley to get his owl when they were buying
school supplies, with an escort from the Jewish wizarding community in
Cambridge. Tyson had known the type of owl he wanted before going in,
but he was open to anything so long as he liked the bird and it liked
him back. Now that Jethro has graduated, Tyson feels like he never
gets any time to see Efraim, as the tawny owl is constantly off
delivering or returning with letters between the two brothers or
ferrying muggle books, essays, and homework between Tyson and his
father.
Tyson finds the uses of owls in folklore interesting, but mostly he just thinks that owls are neat. There
isn’t much beyond that. They’re interesting creatures and he remembers
seeing a few during some of the hunts his uncle dragged Tyson and Jethro
on.
