Well, that was direct, he’d give her that. Did he have mates? Yes. The circle felt thinner with him distancing himself from the Weasleys and with a variety of people popped out and back into the village, but he still had friends. He missed many, but he still had some. “I like to think so,” he responded. “Colin is my best mate here,” he admitted. “Why? I take it you don’t have a shortage.”