Sitting with Lisa, Ev took the offered banana bread, offering her the last of the melon bread he had snagged as he nommed on the new flavor and.. watched the madness unfold. There was obviously a lot to unpack, but just as he'd suspected... this was a terrible scenario in which to do it. Lia had looked on the verge of tears when she left, which he had briefly looked concerned after her. There was a Hufflepuff (Gemma) who had lost it, but with fully good reason given the fact he was now connecting she was Professor Kittredge's daughter. She'd even thrown some bread at Ash.

Which... led to the next event. He watched as she also exploded on the group before running off. She was fully entitled to everything she said, and Evan wouldn't have said any of it was wrong given it was a matter of how she felt. But it also seems Ash's response primarily came from a misunderstanding of Gemma's perception of her previous commentary and everything just... domino effected. Because everyone was emotional, as they should be after last term.

He gave his sister another small squeeze, before standing up and eying the Healer. "Going back to your earlier question of how to rebuild trust. It isn't this. With all due respect," and he really didn't mean any it was just the polite thing to say, "you weren't here last term. If you really wanted to help us, there would have been some kind of reconnaissance on what would be an effective approach. You would have known this would have been more damaging." Because as she'd said earlier some might find this... 'helpful'.. he didn't see anyone who looked helped. Healer Poppy was just an adult, who wanted the kids to speak but who didn't want to listen. They thought they knew what was best for the students.

But they didn't.

He was done. Turning to Lisa he reached out to give her shoulder a small squeeze. "Want to go to the kitchens later to see if there is Strawberry milk and we can talk?" Because he also needed a moment to decompress before he went into things. But... if she had questions, he would try to answer since apparently she was going to find out through these wastes of time anyways. He squeezed her shoulder again, before turning around and heading back towards the castle.