Lovely™ | Captain Hurted | Ariana's Bane | Resident Antagonist | Unparalleled Delight Milo - the Evans variety, not the attempted usurper who was unsurprisingly affiliated with Hufflepuff house, most insidious of deceivers - had wisely kept quiet so far. He knew how his answers were generally received, and while that part did not bother him, he had learnt that maintaining his silence usually served him best. Instead he allowed his mind free reign, during which it had abandoned the depths of the lake and instead taken up temporary residence in a memory that didn't belong to him, and possible was not a memory at all. Puzzling enough to keep him preoccupied and well-behaved.
But he was listening. Sort of. And taking note. Selectively.
The silence, ultimately, did not last. Even though the next question was in the same realm as the first, Milo couldn't help but speak up. He left his train of thought behind to save his seat while he collected the materials, and spoke while returning to it with candle and bowl. "Just séances. Rituals. Summ-" Milo blinked hard, coughed, continued. "... some other things."
He blinked again, and twitched his head in a half-turn to the left. None of those things had been strictly - or remotely - related to lessons or schoolwork, but little details like that had never troubled Milo before. His concerns tended to take a different form. "How do we know these aren't the Poppy candles? And that this isn't a trap?"
Euka was, after all, also affiliated with Hufflepuff house, most insidious of deceivers. Milo was working on not openly accusing others, in the interests of personal safety, but if Euka decided to dispense with the ruse with her cover now blown and resort instead to shooting off curses, he sat closest to the trapdoor and was in the best position to make a quick escape.
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