Zakarya hadn't expected Meryem of all people to call him out, had it been one of the guys he would've probably felt less like he needed to justify himself but she'd managed to make him feel a touch guilty about it. "Make no mistake, I think it's horrible what happened, but it won't change the fact that the game will continue and someone will still take home the World Cup. It's disgraceful she had to die this way but it was the British who didn't protect her and the British who hit the bludger, do you want the Quidditch World Cup going to people like that? Is that fair to the woman who died?"
