Private message to Barty

[alt_antonin]

You're asleep now, and I'll confess to lying: no, I have not gone back to Hogwarts yet. I'm down in the library, and will shortly be going down to the workroom. I won't fuss anymore, but I'm not leaving you in the house with just Berry tonight. Not when you look as though you might not make it through the night I'll go back in time for breakfast, but I'm staying here tonight.

You look awful. And wonderful. And awful. My agreement not to call Fletcher or St M's is conditional on you holding up your end of the bargain: don't die, beloved.

...Actually. Nevermind. I will be at Hogwarts after all. In the infirmary, if you need me. I'll come back before breakfast with potions to treat the dehydration and the lack of nutrition, at the very least, but -- well. I don't want to get your hopes up without cause.

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[alt_antonin]

No luck so far, but at least Berry hasn't come to fetch me to tell me you've gotten worse. (No, don't try telling her not to. I was most emphatic in my orders.)

I'll give it fifteen more minutes of searching, and then come deliver the potions. If you're asleep when I get there, and I dearly hope you are, I'll leave them with Berry. Do not, under any circumstances, give her trouble about taking them, or I'll ... think of a more effective threat.