The situation was definitely awkward and Cass was beginning to regret his decision by the minute, but still, when Higgs asked, not answering was never an option.
'Forever?' he suggested, a sound somewhere between a laugh and a sigh escaping him. 'Did you really think I didn't notice? The way the three of you would grow quiet when I walked into the room? The privacy spells when you knew I was coming?'
'The three of you dropped me like a hot dragon's egg as soon as I was finished with my training. A congratulations and then nothing but the odd conversation and drinks at parties for years. Merlin's beard, Higgs, Miles would have figured that one out, it wasn't particularly challenging to put the pieces of that puzzle together, not when paired with all the rumours of some mysterious guy no one seemed to know the name of.'