Ariana jumped, and for a split second she stared at the boy without comprehension. She didn't know him-- because of course she didn't, she didn't know anyone, even in Godric's Hollow-- and it took a couple beats for words to come back into her brain.

"Oh--" she answered, dazedly, and raised one thin hand to smudge at her cheek. She couldn't tell if it did any good. Her hands were rather sooty themselves, after grabbing a fistful of powder. Ariana blinked wide eyes at him anyway. "Thank you. I didn't think the floo would be so messy..."

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