"When he was alive, yes," Q points out pointedly. "But a ghost would get lost in the steam."
"About Harry?" Q asks sharply.
"There are shades of grey," Q concedes. "Always. And that message was certainly implicit in the changes he was advocating." Q nods. "Whenever you have some sort of revolution brewing, the incumbent government always tries to suppress it. Usually violently. Which is in turn met by more violence on the part of the revolutionaries. Surely they know history?" he asks helplessly. "Look at France for Merlin's sake. Or America! All that lovely tea in the harbour!" He goes on grudgingly. "I can see their point. Some of the rules and regulations were terribly stifling. Almost as if the Ministry wanted to do away with inventiveness."
Q raises an eyebrow. "Er, no. He didn't try that one." He clears his throat. He does not want to know! "Funny then that Gilderoy himself didn't object," he observes. "Quite possibly he didn't." Q briefly considers apparating to Borneo, or perhaps the moon. "I'd rather not say," he mumbles, his face flaming.
"Hmmm, I see," is Q's reaction. Some students (not just the Weasley twins) would have benefited greatly from a tranquilser. Or their professors would have. "Seasonal," he comments. "Well obviously," he goes on as if to himself, "it is spring fever after all." He refocuses on the present. "No, of course not. I think you have to be dead for that. And there are medicines and potions and things if they get out of whack." Mother would cringe at the inaccuracy of his terminology. "And was there a different formula for male and female?" he wants to know. "Right," he nods. "Sporting."
Q looks surprised at this tidbit of information. "I had no idea you'd been up for Ravenclaw Severus. You would have fit right in." He's probably not helping at ALL, but he means well. "Silly hat. Surely there could have been some way around that. There are all sorts of fire-prevention spells."
OOH! And the mango! YUMMM! I haven't tried the cake batter. I'm a bit leery of it having eaten much cake batter in the course of my life.