A Flint?

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Although the fight scene between Dobby and Kreacher (ch.19 HBP) is very funny indeed, can anyone tell me what two house-elves are doing fist fighting when they (Dobby, at least) have magical powers strong enough to lay Lucius Malfoy flat on his back?

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Maybe elves literally *can't* use their magic against one of their own kind? I'm trying to think of an incident where any of them do, and nothing is coming to mind.... [and this could be anything from a strict code of honor to a literal mental/magical impossibility.]