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"Explained myself to the person who asked." Outside those with a professional or self-imposed moral obligation, and who therefore didn't count - Aurors, legal counsel, parents - that left Phoebe James. Trent, he'd asked for explanations of a different sort, and Nem had been working on that. "No more." For a while it had been something to do, leading people to the questions that would change their minds, but it had ceased to be fun, or interesting, and ultimately it had never mattered in the first place.

Nem gave a small, almost imperceptible nod, and turned back towards the library again, though the agitation did not lessen. There was a pause, in which they automatically began to assess how much information to let go of to suit their purpose, without risking anything else. They cast a sidelong glance at Flamsteed, ran through every retrievable memory of every lesson and interaction over the last three years, and tried to fit them all together, to superimpose them over a separate timeline. She had liked them, until she hadn't - or until she'd become disappointed, however she wanted to spin it - and now they had reached professional obligation. As far as June Flamsteed was concerned, she was their Head of House.

After a long moment, they spoke. "Just tired, I think. There's so much input, and now I can't focus. It was a long-..." Actually, the restlessness was building to such a pitch that sitting quietly in one place was not the route they ought to take. "We can just walk. The corridor's quiet enough."
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