Hearing Val behind him and questioning if he was good with her coming with, he offered her a small smile and a nod of his head. "Of course." Actually Val would be the perfect partner, since same year and they did know each other. Plus he felt much better about the fact she'd also been practicing the spell, like he had.

He glanced back at the younger years as well, before dropping his voice a little lower. "You okay if we go pretty slow too? I still want to keep an eye on them as well." Splitting up was fine, but that didn't mean he couldn't figure out how watch the others too. And by others, he primarily meant Ollie and his sister - given they were the other two of the group he was the closest to. Attention back to her, "I used the featherlight charm as suggested. Do you know it and want to as well?" It was certainly okay if she didn't.