When Salazar heard about the petrifying of the students in the year 1942/43 and the death of a student that his familiar had done, he was furious. He explained Lucius, where the chamber was and told him that he should send the basilisk away to a nature preserve instead of letting his familiar live in the chambers that were starting to deteriorate. Salazar promised to talk with his familiar, in order to calm it down. Lucius quickly made arrangements with the board. At the next board meeting, he would decide, what would happen with the basilisk.