She grinned right back. "You're not dumb. Hey, what if you described it to me and I drew it? Like one of those sketch artists for the muggle police? Then at least you'd have a picture to compare it to."

She reached for his book again and pulled it onto her lap. "This is a Care of Magical Creatures textbook. If what you saw isn't in here..." She trailed off and glanced back up at him. "Maybe it's in another book about magical creatures? There's gotta be a few here in the library, right?"

She liked Apple. He was a nice kid. Sure, he did a couple of things she didn't really look highly on, but that didn't make him any less kind. This was why she was willing to help him rather than leaving him to his own devices.