This was proving to be a very awkward conversation, worse than the one with Sirius, because with Sirius there were at last words and discussions. This was very much not. "Thank you," he said and left it at that. No point in talking about Cassandra when James had no interest.
"Yeah... at least... they were okay without me around," he said as he followed James down the stairs. "My Mum thought I was dead and I never saw them again, but at least they were alive, you know?"
He stopped suddenly on the last step as Jams turned around. "If she wants to talk to me, then yes, I will. I won't push her and I want reach out to her because you've made your feelings clear on the subject, but if she wants to talk, then I will."