Bewildered and not sure if he could be offended or defensive, Stan rested more fully against Millicent. "And you've been talking to me then?" he asked. After that last angry letter, Megan had been avoiding him. She wouldn't even look at him in the Great Hall, and he wasn't fool enough to bother her anymore if she didn't want to talk to him. "Ain't like I was thinking you cared."