Brian snapped back to attention just in time for Apollo to tell them to stop practicing their spells and launched into a story about Atlanta. He liked Apollo, but he didn't like practicing charmswork in front of everyone. It made him feel extremely self-conscious of the fact that he wasn't very good at the kind of magic they did here. So yes, he was very relieved that he didn't have to do a charm in front of everyone.

Smiling at the green sticker on the corner of his notebook, Brian raised his hand with fingers wiggling in the air until he was called on. "Could it have been some kind of compelling charm? It might be something like the opposite of the repulsion charms people use on Muggles." Which was rude. Did they really have to repel Muggles? They were only human, after all. Anyway, Brian was back to drawing in his notebook. This time, they were three apples in a stack that looked to be very shiny and had magic radiating off them in swirls.

SWIRLS.