Could he be right that it was a far more common occurrence than she had suspected? She gave a small nod. It was possible, at least. She and Regulus Black could have both have been trying to gather the courage to speak to one another. It had been difficult enough to mention it to Felix, afterwards, and he'd been right there with her.
'Could you imagine it? All of us keeping that secret?' Her voice was more casual now, less guarded, and when Remus mentioned phones and apartments, Sidda even smiled.
'Where I was before, they had these things they called phones, but I do know what a telephone is-' not all purebloods did, but Sidda had always had a wide circle of friends, '-and what they gave me wasn't one. Or it was, but it was a wireless too, and played music, and Merlin knows what else.'
At first she went to follow him, releasing her tight grip on the railing and taking a step forward. Then it occurred to her that getting into a confined space like a lift with him was a truly terrible idea. If he did plan to attack her, that would be the perfect place to do it. She could walk with him some of the way, though, and find out more. So that was what she did. 'What kind of people were there here?' she questioned. 'Was anyone familiar?'