"He's done pretty good so far. I expect him to make a team when he gets to Hogwarts." When, not if. Gods, she really did need to figure out how to contact a potentially sympathetic board member. The fact that she was scared to be outed was superfluous next to Owen's needs. "Thanks, he'd be so excited. He'll only start Hogwarts next year, but an edge could help. We don't have much money for stuff like that, though," she said, upfront as always about stuff like that.
Genie took the glass with a thank you and sipped. "Not bad," she said. It did feel warm going down, so that was good.
She propped her hip against the counter. "I lost my wand during the war," she told him. "And I'm saving for a better replacement than what I have. I was stuck in the Muggle world until I was of age, and even then, I've not had much to do with it until recently, and that's mostly due to Owen, I'll be honest. We know he'll get his letter this year, and we want to make the best of it for. So yeah, I get what you're saying, but we've been able to protect ourselves well enough so far."
They had other gifts that would make anyone attacking them quickly regret it if they got close enough. They didn't have to be good at hand to hand to do a lot of damage.