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Seb followed behind the girls as they made their way towards the playground. He too had his wand out but wasn't really on the lookout, his mind was too busy thinking about what Alexa and Minerva had told him. Millie was taken by a plant and Pepper was missing.
He hadn't realised they had stopped until he almost ran into them and he gave himself a small shake so that he could take in what the girls were telling him. He looked in the direction they were pointing and heaved a sigh. "I think the Headmistress is busy trying to get the common rooms open."And he didn't want to bother her with a report of a missing wombat and dog. She would probably have a hard time believing the story anyway. Seb was still trying to get his head around it.
"I'm going to see if I can find anything that will help me...understand...what happened." He glanced over at the two girls and gave them a sad sort of smile. "You two don't have to hang around...if you...you know...have better things to do."
Poor Shiny Ground's Keeper. He just seemed in such a haze. He needed a hug or something to make him feel better--but this was no time for hugging. Nope. Stop for a second to give a hug and the next thing you know you're being hauled off like a wombat for not paying attention. She couldn't have that happening now could she?
Thankfully she'd left Felix back on her sleeping bag in the Great Hall or she might have done something stupid.
"Oh yeah...she's busy trying to rescue my candy...she can't help much." Sure the woman had other reasons for breaking open the common rooms but the one Lex chose to fixate on was the one that involved her being reunited with her sweets after so long. Buying a whole new bag of candy didn't mean she had any less interest in the one locked up in Gryffindor Tower.
Her eyes widened when he said they didn't have to stay
if they had better things to do. What could be more important than saving Millie and Pepper?! Those two were precious and at the moment rather unsafe.
"I wanna help." She protested.
"If I go back to the castle I'll just end up pacing the floor, wondering if the plant got you and Pepper too..." Not very good for an 11 year old to contemplate; not when she had such an active imagination to boot. The girl would probably start freaking out from just the thoughts her mind managed to conjure up. Did he really want her to go through that?