Re: Table 2
Snape blinked, startled by Al's question. "No, no. You're fine," he assured Al quickly, "I daresay it didn't have anything to do with you at all." A shrug of bony shoulders. "Politics," he concluded dismissively.
Really, it was best for all concerned if Al didn't pursue the point. He didn't want Al to start tilting against the windmills of the Malfoys' disowning of Scorpius, or of the Weasleys' disregard for that disowning.