Feeling himself start to calm down, Jesús resumed counting backwards, slowly, in his head. Once he was done, he opened his eyes and refocused on the students around him. There were quite a few students from Hogwarts near him, but he caught sight of Valerie and Kyle and flashed them a small smile. From their faces alone, he could tell that they were probably in a similar sort of mood as him. Still, it wouldn't do to look sour and down, she he reached deep within himself, and summoned the strength to fake some more positivity. "Congrats to everyone for making it out, more or less," he said loud enough for the other competitors (who were in the vicinity) to hear him.
Turning to Madelyn, he offered the girl a weary smile. "I'm alright, yeah. Just tired." She had more pep than he could ever muster, but Jesús thought the girl's intentions were in the right place, and it never bothered him that she had an incessant need to chant everything loudly. He often took advantage of the noise others made to move around undetected. It was why, when he saw Valerie pull out her wand he stared at her, hard, because he couldn't understand why she would lose her cool at this particular moment. It was unnecessary. Thankfully, whether Madelyn had some luck on her side, and seemed relatively unharmed. It still didn't sit well with him, however, as Jesús didn't feel the girl merited any sort of spell or hex being thrown at her. The sixth year stood up from his seat, and made his way closer so that he could sate whatever sort of annoyance that Valerie was projecting onto Madelyn. At the sight of one of the other competitors from Hogwarts (Dora) pulling out her wand, Jesús decided to pull his out as well and call out to her.
"For your own sake, I suggest you stop whatever it is you think you're about to do. I'm not in the mood, but I'll gladly take you on," he said, eyes narrowing at her (Dora). The sixth year then turned and looked at Madelyn. "Don't let your guard down around them," he suggested gently. Williams had suggested he stay out of trouble, but Jesús was fairly certain that she wouldn't mind him hexing a few Hogwarts students to protect one of his peers.
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