"I'm glad to hear," Theodore responded, heating a teapot of water with a tap of the wand and pouring its contents into two teacups. "Do you take anything in your tea?" he asked, his eyes falling on the objects that Percy brought with him.
"That should offer an adequate start in tracing the essence of the spell," he said simply in response to the items. It certainly did make sense that the man thought it was a curse--in its own way.