"I don't think we're allowed in each other's dorms, are we? Do you mean a we that doesn't have me in it?"
"No, I mean, some people left, but the war was especially bad for Muggleborns, because You-Know-Who didn't like them. Uh, you might want to watch out for Slytherins, Slytherins also mostly don't like Muggleborns. Or Muggles."
"Er. You-Know-Who? I do not in fact know who! Is this that Vole guy Miranda mentioned?"
(Nope.)
"Uh, that's him, but that wasn't his name, but people don't like saying it, did Miranda say it?"
"I read it off Harry Potter's Chocolate Frog card," Miranda says to the neighboring table. "It's not dangerous anymore to say it. Or it wouldn't be on the card, would it?"
"It's not," Emma confirms. "I think my parents mentioned? But, um, it's still- strange. I haven't, yet."
"People were afraid to say it even before that, but for a while it was actually dangerous, there was a spell on it and if you said it bad people would come find you."
"...everything except unicorns. Unicorns are perfect."
"Not everything magical is out to get you. There are plenty of harmless spells and creatures and stuff. This potion is totally harmless, for example."
"Yeah, that would happen if you dropped food on a Muggle stove just the same."
"I am a very good cook," Jenny says loftily. "Stoves are safe near me! Buuuut no comment on the MiniMearas."
"Yup! Mini O'Mearas was just so condensable. And 'unruly misbehaving hooligans' was too long."
"Well, at any rate, magic things are mostly not out to get you, but you're already used to the ways Muggle things are dangerous so the magic ones are surprising and different."
"I guess. It's just sorta sad. All I knew before was fun magic!" The ends of her hair all turn a particularly vivid shade of purple as emphasis.
"Please do, I'm sure the Headmistress would rather not preside over any deaths."
"Uh, all things considered- we should probably not joke about that?" Emma says quietly.