Cash doesn't really care about Sy — why he did it, if he's been better or worse. Well, not much, anyway: there's never any harm in data gathering, and his picture of Sylvester Stoker is becoming crisper by the second. Coppertale's Quidditch captain is angry, impulsive, proud, and at the end of the day, he keeps his word. Everyone had heard him announce his intentions to force feed this (?) imposter a knuckle sandwich. That Reid didn't expect it, perhaps, speaks to a blind spot of the senior prefect's, more so than an unexpected behaviour of Stoker's.

But. That said.

"I have a best friend, too," Cash says, and it sounds like a non-sequitur, but of course, it's not. He understands why Reid told. He would've done the same.

They can keep talking about this — Cash genuinely isn't bothered — but there's something that's on his mind, too, and he's not sure if he should share it. He hadn't exactly been rewarded by his discussions on the topic to date. He turns the thought over in his mouth a few times, before deciding that, fine. One more shot at collaboration. But just one. "Calvin maintains his innocence."

Instantly, Cash regrets speaking up. Ah, fool him twice.