"Would they hassle me about it anyway...?"

"I don't think so? Not if you were quiet and just looked at the potato bunnies and stuff."

"...I will risk it to look at the potato bunnies."

So he shows her the way to the Ravenclaw common room, which asks her, "Is the claim 'these words are a lie' a truth, or a lie?"

Miranda thinks about that, then says, "No."

The portrait swings open. Minor giggles.

Miranda giggles too and goes inside.

Karen is there! She is surprised! She waves!

"Swan wants to see the bunnies."

"They're over here! They're adorable -" Karen shows Miranda over to the corner where the potato bunnies are penned up. "You can pat them but don't pick them up out of the field of silence."

Miranda is charmed by the potato bunnies. She pats them.

He flops in a chair and reads the experiment notes.

Karen recognizes Miranda's notebook and goes to see what it is. "Ooh!"

"Miranda got a voltaic pile working."

"You don't sound totally happy about that."

"I really really wanted to but I don't have Hogsmeade permissions."

"Oh. Yeah. I heard Spinnet say they usually dole some out right after midterm exams..."

"But that's ages."

"Yeah. Plus it's all freezing out then anyway."

"Slytherin just gives it out whenever."

"I'm not sure I could've gotten them from a different prefect as easily," Miranda says from over by the potato bunnies. One has nestled in her hand to chew on its roe.

"Okay, Timothy just gives it out whenever."

"And I did still have to ask."

"I asked. I even explained it was for a really important experiment."

"Who'd you try?"