The adrenaline had taken over his narrative by now, pushing aside any hesitancy he had about keeping details of this back for the safety of others. If he ended up getting caught — well, Noble had a better poker face than he did, anyway, so maybe he could lie and say he hadn't heard a word about it.
"I didn't expect it to be locked in, so I hadn't practiced any charms or anything for that. So I just — took the whole thing," he admitted with a shrug. Fortunately he did know a spell for easily moving things that were too awkward and heavy to move, because he'd had to use it to periodically relocate Cash's dementor-in-a-wardrobe — which was what had given him the idea to take it out to the woods in the first place. He already knew a secluded spot, easily well enough to apparate there. Ford felt another manic laugh coming on and took a drink to force it back. "That's what I spent most of the night doing, actually, trying to get into the safe. It must've had some crazy charms on it because nothing was working, but eventually — well," he said with a hapless shrug. "I just — blew it up, actually. And then I took everything. Even —" He lifted an old-fashioned hourglass out of the satchel, with pinkish white sand at the bottom of the glass. "— I don't even know what some of this stuff is. Heirlooms, maybe? Or something magical? I just took everything and figured I'd sort through it later, since the later I walked home the more strange it would be if anyone saw me out on the streets. But I did it," he said, with a tone that implied he still did not entirely believe it.
"I didn't expect it to be locked in, so I hadn't practiced any charms or anything for that. So I just — took the whole thing," he admitted with a shrug. Fortunately he did know a spell for easily moving things that were too awkward and heavy to move, because he'd had to use it to periodically relocate Cash's dementor-in-a-wardrobe — which was what had given him the idea to take it out to the woods in the first place. He already knew a secluded spot, easily well enough to apparate there. Ford felt another manic laugh coming on and took a drink to force it back. "That's what I spent most of the night doing, actually, trying to get into the safe. It must've had some crazy charms on it because nothing was working, but eventually — well," he said with a hapless shrug. "I just — blew it up, actually. And then I took everything. Even —" He lifted an old-fashioned hourglass out of the satchel, with pinkish white sand at the bottom of the glass. "— I don't even know what some of this stuff is. Heirlooms, maybe? Or something magical? I just took everything and figured I'd sort through it later, since the later I walked home the more strange it would be if anyone saw me out on the streets. But I did it," he said, with a tone that implied he still did not entirely believe it.
Set by Lady!