This was bad, but at least they'd heard from Melody, and that meant that things would get better before they got worse. Probably. Of course, they still had no idea where she actually was - and Art was starting to become quietly concerned the longer this went on. He stood by his earlier statement - there were only so many places she could actually go - but the longer she was missing, the longer Ben was in limbo, and Art was rather worried about Ben spinning out before they could figure out whether Melody's pregnancy was real.
So. They could figure this out. Art was in it now - he was not leaving Ben until they had things a little more stable, and things like this were more Art's wheelhouse than they were Aldous'. He stepped out of the floo behind Ben to find Ben stopped, and Melody Crouch sitting there - apparently fine, and just hanging out.
"Hello?" Arthur said, in the tone one used when discovering a rather unpleasant dead bird on their stoop.
So. They could figure this out. Art was in it now - he was not leaving Ben until they had things a little more stable, and things like this were more Art's wheelhouse than they were Aldous'. He stepped out of the floo behind Ben to find Ben stopped, and Melody Crouch sitting there - apparently fine, and just hanging out.
"Hello?" Arthur said, in the tone one used when discovering a rather unpleasant dead bird on their stoop.
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