Oh dear, that reaction wasn't what she was looking for. Why did he have such a reaction to that? "...Not a favorite subject?" she asked, prying gently to see if he would open up.

She thought about it for a time, cautious, before she nodded. "It was awfully lonely at times, but I actually had a brother that I could play with and learn with, which helped. As for the Lupin household, it isn't entirely strange in their mixing, though what is very strange is that there is no Muggle in the household. Usually that sort of mixing is when a wizard chooses to marry a Muggle."