"You know. Really big into athletics and all. The kind of kid who'd beat me up in school, except Cedric seems too nice and wide-eyed and kind of naive for that." And had they gone to the same school together, Howard probably would have stolen Cedric's stuff and cheated off his test answers.

"You did hear the part about those enchanted balls trying to knock players off their brooms, right? At least the ref has a protective spell. Are you gonna be on one of the teams?"