He finally managed to look at her when she made that statement. He was standing there holding the Chinese food in his hands still and feeling very foolish. He swallowed hard, hating the way looking at her made him feel. She made him so angry, yet also nostalgic; looking at her brought back all the pain he'd felt when he'd watched their friendship crumble.
"How are you with non-verbal spells?" he asked. It was easier to ignore all of the things he was feeling than it was to try to deal with them. Especially now. "If you haven't mastered them, you will not be able to master wandless magic."