 Slytherin by heart
Lina blushed a little as Raiden shifted a little and spoke. She felt frozen in place. Don't look don't look don't look... She took a deep breath, calmed herself, composed, and turned to him. "You're awake... you were out for a little bit. From what I can tell, there was an accident in the potions class. And yes..." She glanced out to the rest of them. "It is only funny until it happens to you. Wouldn't you know that, Violet?"
She turned fully to the girl; tired, worn, and frustrated. "It was kinda funny watching you stumble around like an idiot... or at least, you would have laughed at it if it were someone else. And for a while you did laugh at yourself. Were you laughing when you woke up and discovered that you were bleeding? Were you laughing when you couldn't stand? Would you have been laughing if I'd told you as soon as you woke up that when I brought you here that you had stopped breathing, your heart beat was faint, and you were almost dead?"
That was right. She said it. It was now out in the open.
"I know... if you'd died on this very floor... I wouldn't have been laughing. I would have mourned a loss."
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Armand and Damien Beta-Erikson
Named for Legends
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