That she could agree with. It seemed as though the orb would be the most telling. Her right hand shot up and she caught the gloves easily, hiding the smirk as Elinor addressed Aron. It seemed as though she might still be just a little..peeved at what he had done. She chuckled quietly, and then spoke. "Camera's over there." She indicated with a nod of her head, her curls falling forward over one shoulder.

As the question was posed, Esme shook her head once. "Hang on a sec." She worked her way through the lab until she reached her bag. Pulling it open, she removed the latest issue of the Daily Prophet. She had just so happened to pick it up at Flourish & Blotts this morning after purchasing a book that she had been itching to get her hands on.

"Says here De Talone, now former owner of Tomes and Scrolls Bookshop in Hogsmeade, was apparently using the orb as a medium to freeze students; using it as a way to steal time to keep her young." She studied the picture of the woman. "The locket is a younger version of herself; found in one of the Divination classes."

She looked up from the paper. "So...we've got an item that was used to freeze students; so....a basic freezing spell, though this one seems to have lasted longer than a regular freezing spell. And how was it activated? Simply by touch?"