[She's young. Lia hadn't really expected that, first thing. But she smiles never the less, brightly and pleasantly but with that restrained politeness because she knows far better than to grab at ladies in hallways.

Things are different here, and that's what keeps her from a curtsy, from the cool and civil words voiced until she is acknowledged and allowed to speak more freely.

But the question makes her wonder. Of course Hermione probably had better things to do. People to see who were more in need than Lia herself, but she has come this far.]

I had seen that you are offering means of communication which are not by locket.

[It all seems so foolish now.]

If you are too busy, then of course I beg your pardon for interrupting you.