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.......faired pretty well.

Gabriel had an odd expression on his face as he considered that. Yes, they had. They were in the safety of the Great Hall, with professors prepared to protect them now...but wasn't it the equivalent of being...trapped, as well? They couldn't apparate from inside the school...They could maybe floo, or use...secret passages, if they could get to them. He was just trying to figure out where were they going from this point? How were they going to get the Headmistress back? And Noel?

...because they hadn't faired well, at all.

...Were they even still alive? How long had it been, now? A few hours....right?

"Yea...Yes."...and that was directed at Dot, as well. Gabriel didn't have much else to say...as he'd just realized that he had fresh tears leaking down his face again. He felt scared, overwhelmed, and mentally exhausted.

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Right. He needed to...pull it together. Professor Moxley was shouting at the Prefects to do their job. So, wiping at his eyes...(STILL CLINGING TO EDEN), he stood on shaky legs and cleared his throat.

"Ravenclaws. Over here....please." Where was Sophie Brown? Couldn't she deal with this?