Secretly pleased that the student was listening and not overly confident in her own abilities she considered her request for clarification before answering carefully.
"Both," As she spoke she reached up to touch the plant in question, pads of her fingers tracing the veins of the leaves, "It is arrogance that could stop him from going to the infirmary or taking any other medicine, leaving something bad to course through his veins unhindered," She did her best not to accidentally insult a man she hardly knew to a girl who cared for him deeply, "Pride that will stop him from going to the infirmary and asking for help, and love for you that may stop him from telling you how your hard work effected him." The thought of repeating her disclaimer of not knowing her brother well enough to truly make an assessment was there, but she disliked repeating herself and besides Ophelia was the type to actually listen.
The question was, would she deem the risk worth it?