Wayne's eyes widened at Alfie's concession. "Oh..." was all he could muster in response. He was trying to be careful with his words, to not make it sound like being Muggleborn was bad, because it certainly wasn't in his mind... But his thoughts turned for a moment to Eloise's mum, already taken away from her home and family and now... No one really knew for sure.
"No, I didn't know," he said finally. "Is she all right?"