"Uh, mostly?"

"Dizzy? Or is it something else?" She pulls the trunk through, setting it down, then waves her wand to extinguish the fire.

"Just a bit dizzy."

"That should fade in a few minutes, but let me know if it doesn't or if it gets worse, okay?"

Nod.

"It might be a good idea to sit down for a bit, though," she says, gesturing to one of the chairs.

Yeah, sitting is good. She sits.

She gets Ellie a cup of water.

"Thank you." Sip. "...I like your decorations."

"You're welcome. And thank you, too. I've been working at collecting them for a bit..."

"The tiger is cute."

She grins. "Her name's Dagger. One of my dad's friends got that for me after I growled at her. It turned out to be very appropriate, since wizards can learn to turn into an animal, and my form ended up being a tiger."

"Cool."

"Very! Not often useful... But it's a lot of fun."

"I wanna learn how to turn into an animal."

"The animagus is advanced transfiguration - usually it'd be something you could do in your sixth year or later. Most who manage spend a few years after Hogwarts on further study, though, before trying. But there've certainly been students who've pulled it off sooner."

"It'll be a goal to work for."

She nods. "Hopefully a good motive for studying."

"Magic by itself is good enough, I think."

"It's an amazing thing, isn't it?"

"Yeah."

She grins, broadly. "On my first trip to a magical bookstore I bought a whole stack of theory books... All way above my reading level, of course."

Hee hee.

Softer smile.

"Speaking of books... Currently, the loft's set up as a library - but I can convert it to a bedroom for you pretty easily. I also have a space expanded tent - it's pretty small, as those go, which means it contains an entire bedroom - that I can set up in here or in the loft..."

"I wouldn't want to break up your library..."