"Well that may be true but up until last term, I didn't believe Alessia had any enemies either." She looked at his face and realized that he probably had no clue what she was talking about. "Sorry... you see, my best friend was ... well sort of attacked at Hogwarts as well." Attacked really wasn't the best word for it but it would serve its purpose well enough. "Did he tell you about that?" she asked quietly.

"From what the Healers tell me of his condition, this was unlikely an accident." Though the question remained... who would want to hurt him? "We're lucky he's not d- " she paused, unable to bring herself to even think that word. Once again, the tears began to stray down her cheeks. She turned away from him, unwilling for him to see her cry, and wiped them away. "I'm... thank you."