the instant she decides he's responsible he echoes her thought
No, he echoes her thought the instant she physically reacts to move away from him. NOT the "instant she decides". Keep the facts straight, please.
We've already been told that common sense is often mistaken for Legimancy. This event doesn't require reading her mind, it just requires reading her body language.
, and her eyes start burning (maybe she's not blinking or something, or EY is adding that as a side effect of legimancy, or it's just to draw our attention to the eye contact
Eyes burning has never been mentioned as a side-effect of Legimancy previously, as far as I can remember -- so I don't see how you can use it as evidence in favour of Legimancy. Eyes burning seems more likely to be indicative of someone who's about to cry.
I feel like your post is a bit snippy and that your tone and the negative karma you gave are not warranted.
I should have phrased it differently, but it's not body language, it's Legimancy.
There are many possible reasons that she could have taken a step back. That she stepped away from Quirrell in no way mandates that she's distrusting Quirrell, it could be many other things. There's also many possible reasons she could distrust him. Him naming the exact thought that she had almost immediately after she stepped away from him seems improbable. Quirrell is an...
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