Part of Verity wanted to unburden this on Hermione, let someone else deal with this. Part of her wanted to smack Percy over the head for bringing the Head Girl into this. It wasn't like they were students!
She rolled her neck and sighed. Another brain could only help. "Look," she said, her hands waving expressively, "what would you do if one student suspected another student had-" Verity winced, not sure what to call it and was aware she was stirring a hand by her head. She pinned the hand down and settled for "-a problem with their brain? And they were scared of hurting people?"