"It really is fascinating you know! I wouldn't have thought a snake's brain had the necessary centres for higher processing such as language-"

"Hermione," Harry said, shaking his head and marvelling a little at the complexities of Hermione's brain, "it's magic; just . . . go with it."

Hermione gave him a look that suggested he had asked her to torch a library rather than accept a simple fact, and Harry threw up his hands and resigned himself to being a tool in Hermione's quest to find out how magical languages work.