and the way you cut your hair.

Draco walked past someone in the hall in the Ministry, stopped, turned, and walked back to intercept the person.

"Lovegood?" he frowned.

The woman with short hair and radish earrings nodded.

"You chopped off all your hair." his frowned deepened.

"I was in the brush in Australia for three months." she informed him. "All sorts of creatures were trying to nest in it."

"It's hideous." he informed her. "It makes your eyes look even bigger. If you cut your hair any shorter, your eyes will be bigger than dinner plates."

"Thank you for your observation." she smiled at him. "I plan to grow it back out."

"When?" he asked, not even sure why.

"As soon as I'm done with this Ministry business." she explained. "Some of the people who control the funding for our projects rather remind me of some of the creatures who live in the Australian bush, so I thought to be rather safe than sorry, as the expression goes."

He bit his lip to keep from laughing. "Yes, I have seen some of the unwashed miscreants who work here."

"It's good to see you, Draco." she smiled as she started to walk away. "You do look much better than the last time I saw you. I'm glad you decided to stand up to your parents regarding Pansy."