Cash frowned. "I don't," he replied, honest — and sounding flustered, because of the way Theo had pointed it out. "It's just — in the air." It was what people made small talk about at the Ministry, right now — and it was better for Cash than talking about the Quidditch rankings, which made him feel painfully nostalgic.

He missed Theo; he missed being able to actually talk to him. If Theo's last card had been placed passive-aggressively, Cash's next one was placed morosely.