Dora gave the Professor a LOOK. She felt like she was being chide for curiosity. She was a Gryffindor, tho. If there was something around that she didn't know... she wanted to poke it with a stick. Wasn't Professor VANCE aware of this inherited trait? HMMMM?

But she kept her mouth shut and watched the little Hufflepuff touch the STONES. HEHEHEE. She liked him already. And what was that he was tugging on? Curiosity getting the best of her, she leant over and watched him grab at the worm.

...

WHY WAS EVERYONE TALKING ABOUT MERMAIDS? Didn't they know that Dora was fluent in Mermish and LONGED to be amongst the creatures in the water?! A small sigh escaped the blonde as she looked longingly out across the lake. Why didn't she have gills? I mean, she had used the Gillyweed that Spike had sent her last term, but it wasn't the same. She was sure it wasn't anyway.

Oh. But water Divination. Dora raised her hand and said rather boredly, "Can't you use water to scrye. And Scrying is a form of Divination." SHe thought she had that right, anyway.

Also, Sam got a smile, Echo got a wink, and she just stared longingly at Casper... wishing he was closer to her. Alas.