Malachi was relieved when Octavius said he should be here. Otherwise it'd make at least the yoga class awkward and what was he supposed to tell Lavender? 'Sorry I got the time and date wrong' was just stupid. He followed the man back, knowing the way only to the room that housed the yoga class really, but knowing enough about the back that there were different rooms.
"I'm sorry I'm taking away from your business. I can only hope the fee for the reading is enough to at least ease some of the blow of not being open for customers," he said, meaning it. He had absolutely no problems with Octavius since he'd run the yoga class and gave Lavender a part-time job she wanted.