Alcyone hadn't really felt the need for a reassurance - if something worst had been done to Lester, there would probably have been a lot more fallout and no courting agreement. At least, she would personally assume anyway.

Alcyone couldn't really imagine being in love. "Why fifth year specifically?" Alcyone asked naively as she plucked up one of the snacks they had been provided with. Had something happened back then? Alcyone had always been aware of fluctuating tensions throughout the group but had tended to be the last to know anything, if anything was ever to be known outside of those directly involved.