"I don't know? The fact that she doesn't have magic? Could it affect her immune system, a bit like the flu tends to attack the young and old more than healthy adults?" he asked, not really sure why Stephen seemed so excited. It was still a hex and there was still no cure as far as he could see.
"Because people gossip about the most mundane things," he replied. "Don't worry, I wasn't even thinking of trying to distract you," Mainly because he knew it wouldn't work. Possibly ever. He knew very well that he could get naked and Stephen wouldn't spare him a second glance if he was engrossed in something. "It's fine, it will be more interesting than staying here and talking to people I have no interest in."