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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_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.