"Yeah, I gave this one a miss," Spencer said, shrugging slightly. "Quidditch is cool, but not really my thing. I'll turn up for the finals." It was cold, though. Spencer thought it would be snowing soon, and couldn't quite suppress the gladdening of his heart at that. Cold and uncomfortable and tiresome as it was, there was nothing quite like Hogwarts in the snow.
Spencer shifted uncomfortably at Mikey's question. "Yeah, um, I don't know," he said. He drew in a breath and then blurted out, "Don't you think it's a little strange that there could be these -- really fucking evil runes in the castle, and the resident expert completely fails to notice them?"