"I don't know... It's a magical mat," she said with a tiny grin. It seemed the only appropriate answer, and it was magic. She had no idea whether or not she could break it by dropping it over and over again as she would likely do on her way up to the castle.
She brushed herself off again before reaching her arms out to take the mat. "I was sick too. Never been that sick before, really and I thought I'd already had all the pox. Including the Muggle ones." Dora sighed and shrugged as if to say, 'what can you do'.
Dora canted her head. "Tell me, did you get the puss?"