Hermione hardy thinks of glitter as being part of a vendetta, but then she realizes that it's a bit of over-exaggeration. "You mean someone played a prank on you?" she asks, trying not to smile. "I could help you clean it up, but I don't know that even magic can properly get rid of glitter. It's stubborn that way."

And speaking of stubborn, she can be a bit hard-headed herself, which is probably why she's allowing everything that's been said and done at the soiree to have any effect on her whatsoever. "It has been," she murmurs softly. "I've been... all right, I suppose. There are still some things I'm trying to get used to."

As though it has nothing to do with anything else, she asks, "Were you at that party a while back? There were more people there than I've seen together in one place in a long time."