"Er. Are you any good at locking charms?" Because Alfie really, really wasn't. He'd never seen the point of locking things, most of the time, so he never practiced them.
Julien seemed... really distracted by the daydream charm. Alfie was happy that he liked the gift and wasn't going on about him not needing to spend birthday money. But he wasn't sure you were supposed to get that distracted by them, really.