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[alt_poppy]

I confess I was concerned to read that the ward was closed last evening. Was that at Crouch's insistence? Surely if there'd been another serious illness or injury, those students wouldn't have been turned away?

Never mind. It's not mine to interfere, which is why I didn't wish to write whilst you appeared to be in the midst of a difficult situation.

I trust that you feel things were managed well enough in the end.

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[alt_sally_anne]

Is there anything I ought to be saying to Justin or Hydra?

They're still not speaking to each other, as far as I can tell. I rather think it's their business and they need to work it out for themselves if they're going to, but he's also the only person Hydra ever really talks to.

Justin was very hurt and angry because Hydra didn't want the pregnancy. And I can understand that he's sad, but he -- I don't know. I mean, I keep trying to imagine Ron in the same situation and maybe for us it would be easier because I do at least want children someday and I guess Hydra doesn't and Justin does. Anyway I think Hydra was exasperated with him for being so sad, or possibly she felt like he was making it all about him, I'm not sure exactly because it's not like either of them is really telling me about this, it's mostly just between the lines.

I don't know whether to try to get involved, or not. Hermione guessed that it was a miscarriage, I'm not sure if anyone else did.

[alt_poppy]

It seems this is your time to learn how complicated it can be when Healing mixes with friendship.

I'm afraid my best advice is to let them seek you out if they wish your help or want to unburden themselves to someone whose silence they can trust. Pressing offers of help on them is likely to make them suspect you of cloaking personal curiosity within the professional gesture.

[alt_poppy]

If either of them do want your counsel, though, each of them will be working through what they feel and why. Even if they believe they know exactly what they feel, it's likely they'll continue to discover new layers of it for some time to come.

You say that Hydra did not want to be pregnant and does not want children at all. Her reasons for either are unlikely to be straightforward even if she believes them quite simple and clear-cut. Likewise, his sadness for a child he didn't know they'd conceived until it was already gone is likely for many things in addition to the child itself--things to do, perhaps, with his own mother and father and siblings if he has any or had any, and to do with a range of other memories, relationships, hopes and expectations he may not fully realise he holds.

I trust you to know how to listen, and how to encourage that they listen to one another--should they turn to you. And I trust you to know how to respect their privacy and their trust, so they don't remember every time they see you that you know things about them they may wish not to be reminded of.