"Woo-ow," said Kiri, mightily impressed. "You can play the piano, too? How long have you been learning that? Do you take lessons in both?" She pressed her finger down on one of the frets (not that she knew that they were called frets) and plucked the string again. It sounded higher now. She let the string vibrate again, but moved her finger up and down the bridge.
It was a long way from music, but at least she'd been able to make the guitar produce sounds. "I'd love to learn how to play, but I'm not sure my parents would let me," she confessed with a small sigh. She'd already fallen in love with this instrument. It looked so simple, but it was magnificent.

Kiri inspected her finger. Where she'd pressed down, the string had left a dented impression in her soft skin. Clearly, to be able to play the guitar, one had to have a certain tolerance for stuff like that. She looked as her vision became darkened a second time. For a moment, Kiri thought that the sun had finally disappeared behind the hills at the Lake, but it was... a studenty eclipse! "Vanessa!" she said, smiling happily. "Hi! How are you? Want to sit down?" She realised that Emiliano and Vanessa might not even know each other. "Oh, er... Vanessa, that's Emiliano. Emiliano, Vanessa... Hufflepuff prefect. She's a seventh year."