Watching the dishes spring up as if by an invisible hand, Remus remembers the first time Sirius showed him the spell. Living on their own right outside of Hogwarts, the two had been shocked to discover that they were required to cook and clean and do their own laundry. Sirius, unused to living around mess or dirt, had immediately looked up cleaning spells, but Remus, who had been tasked to wash the dishes after Sirius cooked, had simply decided to wash them the muggle way. Sirius had stared in wonder as Remus scrubbed the pan at the sink, unable to comprehend the amount of time and effort muggles spent on such mundane chores. Remus had admitted that he generally did not mind washing dishes by hand, as he had been taught to do so by his mother, but when it was closer to the moon and pain flared across his body more easily, things could become more difficult. The next day, Sirius had taught him the dishwashing charm he learned from Lily; Remus hadn’t thought much about it at the time, but later began noticing that Sirius tended to volunteer to do the more physical chores closer to the moon—that is, when they were still on good enough terms to volunteer and negotiate domestic tasks.