Ben raised an eyebrow skeptically at her question. That was a naive point of view, he thought. A rumor, once said, couldn't be unsaid. A denial wouldn't have done him any good at all if people thought the original rumor wasn't particularly far- fetched. Maybe coming from a family in the Crouch's position, with relatively less money whose name and reputation was everything, had made him more sensitive to that truth — or maybe he'd just had a lot more practical experience with reputation- affecting rumors than she had.
"I had other things to worry about," he said dismissively. Things like whether Miss Scrimgeour was still alive or not, at first. Later, that had turned into how am I getting out of this one? as he sat in a Ministry interrogation cell wearing his brother's likeness. "And you may have forgotten, but I think she was busy running away from her father, who was insane."
And as for her letters— it wasn't a question of just opting not to write her. Did she really not see that? He'd just been thrown out of the country for talking with her. Writing her would have been playing with fire. "But we both know all about crazy families," he said with a touch of snark.
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"I had other things to worry about," he said dismissively. Things like whether Miss Scrimgeour was still alive or not, at first. Later, that had turned into how am I getting out of this one? as he sat in a Ministry interrogation cell wearing his brother's likeness. "And you may have forgotten, but I think she was busy running away from her father, who was insane."
And as for her letters— it wasn't a question of just opting not to write her. Did she really not see that? He'd just been thrown out of the country for talking with her. Writing her would have been playing with fire. "But we both know all about crazy families," he said with a touch of snark.
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