Kiri took the cup carefully. "Thanks." She smiled at Professor Morgan through the sweet-smelling steam rising from the cup. She should have paid attention to that, because a moment later, the blistering hot beverage burnt her lips. She put the china down on the desk hurriedly. Eyes watering, she wiped the few drops off with the sleeve of her robes. "I think I should let it cool down a little," she managed in-between coughs. Oh, dear. Professor Morgan seemed a little flustered as well. She was probably trying not to laugh.

She managed to actually drink some of the fluid the second time. After puffing her breath over the tea to cool it down, she took a minuscule sip. "It was okay," said Kiri, nodding. "Although, er, I had the most, um... fun at the camp-out we had at the end of last term." She studied her tea a little more closely than was strictly necessary.

"Er, well... I knew that you and Professor Lupa are friends, Professor," she said, "so I thought you'd be the first person to ask. And... and... I like Professor Lupa," she clarified. "I was glad she returned this term. And she's out Head of House as well now." Kiri nodded proudly. No one was going to mess with the Slytherins now.
"I just mean that, well..." she continued more seriously, "if Professor Lupa sees that a person in my family said these, these mean things about her, maybe she thinks I told my aunt to send them in, er, in my place. And I was just wondering if I should, you know, go and tell her before she finds out on her own and thinks I've been trying to keep it secret from her." She wondered vaguely if she was even making sense.