"Show them it's best for everyone?"

"I know how I would convince a Gryffindor to do what's good, and Ravenclaw to believe what's true- what do Hufflepuffs think 'right' means?"

"I don't know, Professor Flitwick didn't get into details, but if they're about teamwork and dedication something like social goodness?"

"Maybe. I guess if they think they're doing what's best for everyone? Gryffindors care about that too, though." 

She shrugs. "Maybe when we get our Houses someone will explain better how they work."

"Yeah! Want some cauldron cakes?" 

"Yeah!"

"I'm Alistair, by the way."

"Willow."

"Sadde, yes, I know."

"It's...fetching."

"It's bizarre."

"Kind of bizarre, yeah. Whose idea was that?"

"Mum's, I think."

"My parents let my uncle name me. He was a lot younger than da, so it was mostly because he was still a cute kid. They got pretty lucky with it, I think."

"I think they wouldn't have let him if he'd chosen a weird name."

"Like MECHAHITLER THE DESTROYER?"

Not-giggle.

"Is Mechahitler a Muggle celebrity?"

Both of them—

—start giggling helplessly.

After a second: "No, Hitler was an evil despot a few decades ago, and 'mecha' just means 'robot suit.'"

"Oh. That's not as funny. We had an evil despot a few decades ago, too, and then he came back. That was the war you just missed."

"Well the joke is a bit tasteless but it's the kind of thing a kid could come up with."

"...maybe not if we just missed it, we just missed a war?"

"He-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named looked like he was dead. Turns out he wasn't, or he had a way back. We don't know which. He took over the government, two years ago. They were hunting down muggleborn and halfblood witches and wizards."

"Wow is everyone here horrible?"