Cris couldn't help but notice Monty staring up at him in wonder when he offered to help clean his hat for him. He smiled as he nodded down at Monty, "Sure I can. Once I'm done, it'll look all brand new again."

When he saw Monty first hesitate and then widen his eyes in terror, Cris knew that it had definitely been the wrong time to crack a joke like that. Despite that, he still found it funny that the boy actually believed him.

....well okay, he had a point there. Monty had only just met him, so he wasn't to know that Cris was very efficient at his spell work. Quickly turning his head, Cris coughed into his hand, in an attempt to smother the laugh that was threatening to burst from his lips each time he looked at Monty's face.

He waited patiently for the boy to realize he had only been joking and took the hat that Monty kissed affectionately before handing it over to him.

"Okay here goes," Cris winked at Monty before pointing his wand at the smudges on the hat. "Tergeo" he said the incantation as he cast the spell to first suck up the dust off the fabric. Once that was done, he ended that spell before casting the Cleaning Spell to clean it, and ending it once he was done.

Holstering his wand, Cris inspected the Tricorn. Then he made sure the tricorn's folds were properly creased before bending down to hand it over to Monty. "Here you go, Monty. I hope this passes inspection." he grinned down at the boy.