"It' difficult," Lily replied with a nod. "I'm certain you will never truly understand it."
Lily tilted her head to the side slightly as she considered what Malachi had said. "Are you saying that you can't reconcile that he can care for Lavender and not be romantic because...well, she is very pretty and you love her and why wouldn't any man? Or have you not had deep platonic feelings for the opposite sex that have not gone past that and have no intentions of going past it?"