Once the "Headmaster" started replying to them, Delilah instantly regretted saying anything to him at all. Maybe if she'd just ignored him, he'd ignore her, too. She doubted it, but couldn't she at least hope for good things at this point and time? She gulped and sat up straighter in her seat as she watched what happened to Ashley. A bit of anger boiled inside of her, and if she knew a spell or two, she'd cast it, even though she doubted she'd do much good.

She turned away just in time to see a squint in her direction. It made her feel like she'd placed on a slide under a microscope, and the man was trying to figure her out. She hadn't realized she'd been holding her breath, but after he said good morning and didn't cast a jolt if searing pain through her, she started breathing once again.

But what had just happened to Kinsay James?! Was her...mouth gone?! They were all going to die before this was over, weren't they? She was panicking again, and she knew it, but could she be blamed?! She tried to block out whatever else happened after that. She couldn't stand to see anything else be done. She jumped and gave him her attention again once the doors slammed shut.

Delilah had no idea what to say to the first question. First of all, she'd literally just learned what the word muggle meant. She'd asked somebody in the common room after the feast was over. She squirmed in her seat a second time. She had no idea what to say, and if she did, she didn't want to speak up at all.

'Ignore and You Shall Be Ignored, Too' was her new motto.