"Good," Danny bellows unintentionally. "I mean, great." He has no idea what he's saying. He's too startled by Hedwig's response and his own panicked assumption that Hedwig is describing his experience of their...joint experience.

If that's the case, then Danny's pride just took a huge blow.

Not a blow!

"You can explain to me what happened then," he says, volume slowly taming. It feels like his tongue is stuck to the roof of his mouth. "Why...you left."