"So it would be like wandless magic for us, if we taught them?" Hermione sounds particularly enthused, even as she doesn't turn so Harry can keep a good hold on her hair. "That would make my life about a thousand times easier - especially if I can teach Dorian to help me with potions. I've shown him a few things but you and I both know that you need magic to finish a lot of the ones that are useful here."

She takes the beads easily enough, turning them over in her hands before she hums. "No, no women. Just him and his dogs. And what're the beads for?" She lifts them higher, letting the light flicker over them. "They're very pretty."