That was absolutely more than one question. He scrubbed his hand through his hair, breathing out slowly through his nose.

"Maybe we should find a comfortable place to sit and chat for a while?" That wasn't the middle of a hallway. Something in the edge of his vision caught his attention and he half-turned, plucking the wand out and holding it out to her, horizontally so the glowing end didn't nail her the way it did him. "Here, you can have this. I'd probably burn the back of my retina again with it, anyway."

He snickered some. Okay, that one was a joke.