 be curious, not judgmental
Whoa.
Max just... blinked. And stared. They were being accused of... poor sportsmanship?
And then Max realized the other Seeker hadn't quite made it through the fabric as Vashti had. He hadn't even realized - he made a beeline for their Seeker as soon as she emerged - and he was assuming his teammates hadn't immediately recognized it either. His teammates weren't rude, inconsiderate, or unsportsmanlike at all. In all of Max's games, he had always known both teams to shake hands at some point after tending to people that needed to be looked after. The captain clearly had unusually high expectations. Was EVERYONE supposed to go crowd around a scene where someone was hurt? If Max had known what had happened, he probably would've stayed back anyway unless Vindictus asked for his assistance. However, from the look of it, the girl seemed pretty okay. What was the big deal? Max deduced that the captain just wanted a reason to blow off steam and was taking it out on them. Oh, well. Understandable, he supposed.
Before Max had the chance to retaliate the ranting captain's anger, others had spoken up. Travis had even tossed his cookies on the captain when trying to explain himself. Bless him.
Vashti seemed to handle it very well, and she did indeed calm the opposing captain down some. That was good. "You guys played a good game," he finally spoke up to the Gryffindors when Selina congratulated them. He removed one of his gloves to go shake her hand... but she was already off to tend to her Seeker. All right.
"If... all the commotion is over and no one is going to die," he told the Ravenclaws, observing the injured Gryffindors being looked after, "I'm going to go see Ellie. Sorry about your appetite, Travis." Or something like that. With that, he dashed off the field to go tell his best friend the news, hoping she would be awake.
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