Fortunately - for them both, perhaps - the nuance of Draco's reaction went right over Lyra's very young and easily distracted head. She was admittedly self-absorbed in that naive way belonging to children. Especially ones whose names were 'Malfoy'.

There was only so much awareness that could be expected from a girl for whom so much in life had already been all about her, anyway.

Brightly, unthinking, Lyra went on, "Well I don't know about that, it does seem a bit like the kind of thing that she might do to humor you. But a scarf is a nice place to start. Do you think it should be something really, really nice, or maybe more practical?"