It was too late for Rufus for a time out to be called. No matter what he did he couldn't shake the blduger and the damned thing hit in straight in the knee. Pain seered through Rufus as he clenched his jaw from making any noise, clutching the quaffle in his pain.

He did hear the call for a timeout and gratefully flew down to the ground. He looked at Robins, the closest teammate to him, to see if he could gauge her reaction to the state of things, or rather find out the state of things.