"It's some kind of connection for us," he says. "Some quirk in our brains that makes us able to reach out with our will and make the universe do what we ask it to. But everyone's got a different opinion what it's for, don't they? At least, that's how it seems back home."

He wishes he had had friends that Hermione reminds him of. She's completely unlike his old master, that's for sure. But Danny has been pretty isolated since he first began learning. Dependent. Even his mother has no idea where he is.

He turns very red when she says he has potential. It's the kind of thing his master said before he accepted the apprenticeship, but stopped saying soon after.

He fidgets a moment, because as much as he was angling for this, he didn't expect to have it dropped into his lap, so to speak, and he's afraid of saying something stupid and messing it up. After a moment, though, he nods, swallows, looks at her, and says:

"All I want is to learn everything I can. I don't know if it'll work the same way for me as it does for you, but I'll try anything."