Usually, when Ginny and Neville need a break and drop Francis off at his big brother's, it only takes a little while for him to get over his initial shyness and start chattering away incessantly. Sometimes, though, he flinches at the sound of an exhaust pipe in the street or the ringing of a mobile phone, and Scorpius realises how much the crowds at the station must stress him out. He smiles reassuringly at Ginny.