"A dementor." Lupin said, "One of the dementors of Azkaban."

They blink.

"Mayumi," Ginny said, rather dazed, "Why... Wha..." She paused, gathering her thoughts as she recovered from her dementor-induced panic, "How?"

"You get used to it after a while." Ron patted his sister on the shoulder, comfortingly.

Poor Professor Lupin looked so confused.