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Finally, finally, it was time to go. After the last few weeks of trying desperately to avoid other people - which was infinitely more difficult in Hogsmeade than it would have been in the castle - Kaiser was frankly relieved to be on the Hogwarts Express. He would have slipped away earlier, in fact, had he not been somehow thwarted at every turn by people who seemed determined to keep him there. Healer Beryl had been particularly perceptive in that regard, and also her mothering vibes had felt kind of alien and, when he thought about how little he deserved that sort of thing, almost unbearable. Guilt, guilt, guilt.
But now Kaiser was finally getting away, and going back to Stemp House. He was still pretty despondent, but it wasn't because of the Hogwarts situation. The kids that had still not been recovered... that was sad, and really not looking good, but Kaiser's mind was elsewhere. Was that self-centred of him? Probably, but it was... a complicated situation. Still, he didn't feel much like talking about what was really going on, so if people thought he was upset because of everything to do with the mist, he wouldn't try to convince them otherwise.
Sitting in the corner of an otherwise empty compartment, Kaiser had his feet propped on the seat across from him, arms folded over his chest, and his forehead up against the window, staring blankly as the scenery rolled by. He could think of nothing but his plan to run away, what he was going to do when he managed it, where he would go, and how he would get there. At least when he focused on that, everything else faded into the background for a while.
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