Kate kept listening, trying to store all this information about the gnomes in case she ever need to use it.

Like now. Because apparently they were going to be de-gnoming. Kate sighed. That seemed dangerous. Gloves were definitely a good idea, and possibly protective eyewear, though the professor didn't seem to have thought of that. Maybe protective eyewear was just a thing Muggle scientists did. Not magical scientists and gardeners.

Kate walked confidently to the basket and bent to take out a pair of gloves without really paying attention to the gloves themselves. She was too worried about the possibility of getting bitten, or having a gnome accidentally flung at her. Based on how people had described the de-gnoming process, Kate was pretty sure she was more likely to be hit in the head by a flying gnome than have a gnome bite through her gloves.

Oh. Her pink sparkly gloves. Kate blinked at the gloves on her hand, but shrugged. She might not be a girly-girl, but she didn't mind pink or sparkles. Actually, these pink sparkly gloves made her feel a bit more confident about not getting bit. Yup, she could do this. Flexing her hands in the gloves to make sure she'd be able to grip, Kate walked through the gate like she'd been told to do.