"Well, I figured that..." Alfie hadn't figured it, actually, until almost everyone he'd known had been saying it was rubbish, and even so he still read it... But he'd listened to that Potterwatch show, too, and that seemed like the real news.
"What? Sure!" But Alfie caught on slowly, but he did catch on, and before Wayne could show off he said, "What do you mean, something bad? Here?"