Severus meets his bewildered and hurt with confused and concerned. "What is?"
"Like a very long mace," he agrees helpfully.
Severus lays internal bets on whether or not he will.
"Could be. Made about as much sense as Hagrid generally did talking about his interesting creatures." Slightly indignant, "Extraordinarily yellow, and quite sure, thank you."
"Mm," he agrees. "I suppose it is at this point. Although I suspect it would be traceable to point-of-entry, which would eliminate most of the benefits."