[Nott pauses for a moment, looking intently at the rat in her hands.]

Well, I don't want it to run away, so maybe not that.

[Wait, okay, that probably just means something. Nott's dumb but she's not stupid.]

I think there's certain parts of the instructions that are... lost in translation, somewhere. And I can't enchant things.

[This girl sitting on the floor outside is most definitely an enchanter of some sort. That's definitely what's going on here.]