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So that explained that, but it didn't explain why Alice wanted it to be immobilized in the first place. In Bliss' opinion, dodging the branches was much more fun, if a little dangerous. What was life without a life danger, though. "How come you want it immobilized anyway?" Curious thing, wasn't she? She raised her eyebrows minutely; Alice Fischer was asking HER, Bliss Ryans, whether she knew where it was. Was she getting that desperate now? It must be that.
HUMPH. "I've done worse." Than her foot, not her head. Knocked unconscious in Quidditch, broken her wrist three times, among many other smaller injuries. Although, a cracked-skull may NOT be something that she'd be proud of. Well, she might, if she lived through it. Which, Alice had a point, she probably wouldn't. "Time for me to go," she said abruptly and jumped to her feet. "Later," maybe. She smiled a little at Alice, for the sakes of politeness and then headed up, away from the Whomping Willow and Alice. She called over her shoulder briefly. "Oh, and you might want to try the bottom right hand side of the tree." If her memory proofed correct.
Helpful, wasn't she? 
"Why would I not want it immobilized?" Because it was something she could maybe do that others couldn't, and that was a nice thing to think. Alice gave it a moment's thought and decided that there were a lot of things like that, and those were always the best things, the ones that were just hers.
"I know you've done worse." Miss Knocked-Myself-Out-With-My-Own-Bat-and-Proud-of-It. Hmph. She knew.
Oh, was she leaving? Alice turned her head a little to watch her go, making a few quick assessments as she did. Bliss was fairly pretty- was that what West saw in her? Nice, she supposed. Accident prone. Apparently had a death wish, or a love of danger, depending on how you looked at it. And she was.. helpful?
"I didn't NEED your help," she called after her. Just so she knew. Because if Bliss wasn't overly assisting, she could have found that thing all by herself, thank you.
But she took a peek at the bottom right hand corner and sure enough, there was a knot. Now all she needed was Penelope's cat and she'd be golden, right? Except it didn't even feel proper, because Bliss had found it, not her. It wasn't Alice's anymore.
Hufflepuffs. They got in the way of
everything.