A Patronus is a magical charm, a projection of all your most positive feelings, and takes the shape of the animal with whom you share the deepest affinity. It is a gift of light.
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This is peak dramatic irony. Hermione isn't trying to be funny, but the combined effect of her shockingly different attitude and her words' discordance with the manner in which she speaks them makes the moment comically absurd.
--AK