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Nem looked towards Varma, standing at that coffee bar of hers. "I'm fine, professor," they said politely, flashing a smile before going over to take up one of the seats across from the desk, running their fingertips across the rattan arms. "But thank you for the offer." From the chair, Nem took another good look at the office, eyes flicking over every available surface, taking in every sight. They landed at last on the portrait of Varma and someone who was almost uncertainly her twin, and watched it for a moment.
Back to Varma again, and Nem allowed a small, wry smile to tug at their lips for just a second. "You'd be right. Though that's worth a word or two as well." They could circle back around to that. It was the stone bridge that Nem was thinking of, though really it was all connected. Different parts of the same puzzle. Multiple moves in a single game of chess.
For the life of them, Nem still couldn't remember exactly who they'd fired spells at during the skirmish at the stone bridge - Varma could well have been one of them, but Nem had spent a large portion of their time focused on controlling the Fiendfyre, so probably not. Though they usually had excellent recall, a number of factors coming into play that night had obscured their memory; details sometimes got lost, only to resurface later, vivid as ever. By the time the fight was over, they'd been so depleted it seemed almost remarkable they could think clearly at all, let alone get through questioning at the Ministry.
"You can see, now, that we were ultimately fighting for the same side," Nem said at last, their voice level and their expression almost inscrutable, but for the eyes. Big, blue, and earnest, they fixed resolutely on the professor. "You can see that, can't you?"
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