Re: Lilu | Harry
"It was just a joke, but okay. They aren't ducklings." She was going to have to be more careful with her words if she wanted conversations with Harry to remain civil it seemed. She really hadn't meant any offense with it, or at least she didn't think she had. It was true that Hermione and Ron would follow Harry anywhere, everyone knew that, so maybe she needed to do a little self-reflection on how it had come across. "Yes. It's very good they're here. I don't want to think about what it would be like without them."
At least it seemed like she hadn't ruined everything with her duckling comment. "That sounds about right. So hopefully Aunt Hermione wasn't far behind you! You have to think positively about these things." Aunt Hermione had been very good at keeping people on task, so it was very likely that there were a very logical and reasonable number of clues.
"Oh, I remember her muttering about that once. If it's any consolation, I'm not very good at French either. Somehow it's harder than Mermish!" At least, she'd thought so. "I do like it, and I think I'll be more helpful there than I would have been in the DMLE or anywhere else. I guess we'll see over time if I was right."