"The decorations are my favorite--oh!" Flavia exclaims in surprise as what she'd thought was a ball of frosting or fondant comes to life and flies at her head. To her credit, she doesn't also drop the plate Hermione's just handed her--a spilled dessert on top of...whatever that was would almost be too unfortunate.

Quickly enough, though, surprise gives way to curiosity, and she smiles watching the little decoration flutter around. "Is it clockwork?"