"There's little need for automobiles or mass communication devices when it's faster and cheaper to use Floo powder," Hermione acknowledges. "Granted, it's not the most comfortable means of travel and communication, but it gets the job done; if I had any, I'd show you how it works."

Cracking a small smile, she tells him, "I'm sure the professors felt the same. There's enough trouble keeping so many teenagers in a contained space, but when they're magically endowed as well? Luckily, I was never one for improper use of magic unless I had no other choice, but my two closest friends seemed to be trouble magnets, so I still got to see more than I needed to in a given school year."