That's all right.

She just snuggles Ellie for a while, face pressed into her shoulder.

"...I'm scared."

"Of what?"

Awkward shift.

"Voldemort, I guess? And. People knowing stuff. And you getting hurt."

Heavy sigh.

"Yeah. It's a lot."

"Want stuff to just be fun again..."

"Mm."

"Don't wanna just learn magic to be safe..."

"I think... we shouldn't let him take that away from us."

Nod.

"Yeah."

"It's... If we're just scared all the time, that's - not much better than him winning."

Nod.

"We should go do something fun, as soon as they let us out of here."

"Could go flying."

"Yeah."

"Gonna have to make up any practices we missed."

"Hope this counts as an excused absence."

Giggle. "Captain Hayes might make us do some extra drills, though."

"Bleh, drills."

Heee. "Maybe we'll avoid her for a little longer so we can get some fun flying in first."

"Sounds like a plan."

"Yeah."

"You're really great, you know."

"You're pretty good too."

She smiles, pressing her face into Ellie's shoulder.

"Now we just gotta get them to let us out of here..."

"Hope we don't have to wait until Professor Reynolds finishes her report."

"Yeah... She did clear us medically, though. Dunno they need us for anything else here..."

"Could ask, I guess."