 Lovely™ | Captain Hurted | Ariana's Bane | Resident Antagonist | Unparalleled Delight
Healer Man Reed was good people. The best people, actually. One of Abey's favourite people. And because Abey didn't much like hanging around inside the castle walls without being near a proper adult with proper magic that he properly trusted, he had maybe been sort of actually lingering in or near the Hospital Wing during a lot of his free time in the term so far. Professor Hirsch sort of got the same treatment, except he tended to be a little harder to find because he was so often IN his office, which was no good.
So ANYWAY, now that there was an actual technically proper class with Healer Man Reed, of course Abey was going to be there. And the best part about it, other than Reed? It was in the GROUNDS, not the castle.
Except that when Abey GOT there, to where everyone was gathered, he couldn't see the Healer anyway. Just kids, two professors, and a strange man he didn't recognise.
"... Where's Healer Man Reed?" he asked nobody in particular, his expression and his tone quite clearly betraying how heartbroken he suddenly felt. He stayed back, quite a fair distance, looking unsure. Because if Healer Man Reed wasn't going to be here, he wasn't sure he wanted to bother, especially if a stranger would be taking the class instead.
... Panic suddenly gripped Abey, almost physically actually. He could feel it, like a big clawed monster's hand squeezing his heart. And his lungs, even. Because OH NO WHAT IF. "Is he sick?!" Dying? DEAD?!
Is that why the professors were there? To break the news?! OH MERLIN IT WAS, WASN'T IT? THAT WAS WHAT WAS HAPPENING. |