Her hand waved the nonsense words of 'owing' her one away. True, for most people she probably would have tried to capitalize on such a sentence but... Not from close friends. "Don't worry about it. I know you would have done the same if it was reversed!" Maybe not quite so dramatically but... Y'know, that's just who the Gryffindor was.

Something in the back of her head said that probably wasn't right, but Ve was going with it. So with all the confidence she could fake (which was a lot) she gave a nod of her head. "Yes, exactly! He's still a good looking seal!" but if Maria preferred him the way he looked before, they shoulder certainly attempt to clean him up. Clambering up and out of the pit herself, she paused a moment to detach the slugs from her skin that she could see, gently plopping them back into the pit before skipping off after her Hufflepuff friend.