"What strange places have you been that don't have water?" she teased. Dorcas went to the kitchen to get glasses and ice, then turned on the sink to let it run for a moment before filling each with cool water.
"That's incredible," she said when he told her that he'd been an Auror for so long. "Congratulations. Really." There had been a time when Dorcas had thought she'd make a great Auror, but her marks had never really been good enough.
She closed the gap between them, holding out the water for him to take as her eyes flicked up to his. "В России это так холодно, что мы не нуждаемся в лед." It was her way of casually answering his question about where she'd been. She wondered if he'd recognize the dialect.