However, I've been teaching her to embrace the talent and practice using it. It honestly isn't hard for her to pick up; Canon Harry was just hopeless. With a little bit of practice she learns to recognise when she's speaking it, and to activate the ability without needing a snake nearby. I'll have to think carefully about when we reveal this talent of hers; it can potentially buy us a tremendous amount of clout in Slytherin, but it'll do so at the cost of the opinions of others. We certainly can't let the Chamber of Secrets incident play out during second year if we do want to use it. I make a mental note to handle the Basilisk during our first year with some roosters...and also to explore it properly. It's the Chamber of Secrets, not the Chamber of a Giant Snake. I'm sure there's more to it than we see in canon.