Dora looked at him and squinted a bit. "Maybe you could convince Professor Marchand to put a garden in the tower? I bet he would if you spoke to him. And I would help take care of it." Big eyes at the man! She could speak to him too, of course. But... what? An amused look crossed her features, but she didn't speak on it. She was, against her will, imagining carrying Lola on her back, though. That would be lovely, actually.

"If it was in a job situation it would be different. But I don't think trying to make people dislike others or to be suspicious of others is very helpful. Like... I think I might be responsible for Derf thinking you are a Dark Wizard. But I didn't do it on purpose." Sheepish... that was what she was. And truly she hadn't meant to do that. Granted, Derf typically took things too far. Heh. No fault of anyone else.

"You don't understand, sir. They have to go perfectly. Especially now that... well things have changed in my life. Big things. Uni and Casper have to go perfectly," she said with a very sad lilt to her voice. The demeanor of the girl noticeably shifted in that moment span. Her heart was breaking all over again. The constant loop of that fight with her father was ringing in her ears again... tears threatened to come.

GET IT TOGETHER UMBRIDGE!

No crying in front of Professors. No one needed to know about these things.