"...I can try." She walked right into that one, but that doesn't make his reminder any less embarrassing - or his point any less important. Her cheeks flush momentarily before she crosses her arms in front of her chest and exhales to regain her composure.

"I'm curious to know more about your family, but I won't push." Conversations about them in the past were always slightly awkward when she pushed to learn more, hence her wanting to keep her curiosity in check. "As for the rest of it, if you think it would be right for me to learn more about them or what they do, then I trust you'll tell me. If not?" She shrugs her shoulders half-heartedly. "There are always other things to speak of besides magic and family."

Amelia? Backing away from a conversation about family? Either something's very wrong or she's trying very hard to avoid touching on feelings that are still bothering her. Whatever the case may be, she's not meeting his gaze any more.