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It had been a few days since the events in the Black Lake, a few days too LONG since Derf had properly given his own condition any real thought or consideration. On the day, it had been about his classmates and making sure they were all safe and accounted for. The next day? Derf had slept through everything - literally EVERYTHING. The accumulation of OWL studies, regular school studies, extracurriculars, prefecting, quidditch, and just beening a teenage boy had finally come to a head and being bitten by a grindylow had finally been the tipping point. Sorta. But one thing was for certain was that the fifth year had slept the entire day, missed lessons and patrols, and just barely woke up in time to grab a couple of dinner rolls and gravy at dinner before collapsing back in bed again. His head had been throbbing a bit as well from the pieces of treasure that had thunked his head and gotten tangled up in his hair - all of which had been returned when requested by Professor Wayland once they were all ashore. But...he still had the coin he had collected last minute in his possession. And it was becoming a bit of an obsession to him - WHY was there uncharted treasure in the Black Lake that Bartholomew Henry knew nothing about? WHY were grindylows guarding it? WHY didn't the merpeople know anything about it either? WHY...well, there were a lot of why's.
Anyway...here he was. Hobbling into the hospital wing with a leg that he SHOULD have had treated day one. He had seen bites like this before...from sharks on surfers mostly. So, needless to say, the grindylow had done a number on his thigh and he had barely kept standing when he had stepped out of bed that morning - the result him essentially collapsing into a pile on the floor. It was like when you woke up and your leg was still asleep and you didn't know until you stood on it...........only FAR more unpleasant.
After checking in, Derf slumped on to the bench and waited for the Healer to call him over. Maybe he could just...lay down in one of those beds? He was feeling terribly sleepy again.
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