"Dobby is a free house elf. The very first."

"You told me that house elves were slaves, right?"

"Yes."

"Why do you think he wanted to be free? House elves enjoy having masters and being slaves."

"Hermione Granger's influence, I guess," Erin answered towards her sister's enquiring questions.

"But Hermione's not a house elf."

"Yeah, she wasn't. She's a witch. And witches are different from house elves."

"What you needed to do is just sleep your thoughts out. We'll talk about it tomorrow."

Erin felt like she needed care for Kristina since she was still young when their Mum died.