Iliya ducks his head in embarrassment, but lets the hat be. He's in America now, and will be for the next six months. Yes. Fine. He will accept cowboy hats.

"I do not regret it," Iliya says, realizing he means it as soon as the words leave his mouth. He'll be in Diagon Alley again. He can't guarantee another invitation to the Carney home, for a party with all of his Gooseberry friends. "It is our last chance, yes? We will not be a cabin next New Year's Eve."