Thank Merlin for Ford, who was at least going to get everybody away from him, and maybe Verity would get Mr. Lestrange out, and then Noble could begin to try to figure out what happened. His eyes widened at Mama's option. "Mama," Noble said, forcing his voice to be as steady as possible, "Go upstairs." The thought of trying to figure this out around her was worse than the thought of trying to figure it out at all — if she was kissing his hand and calling him Chicky and generally Mama-ing all over the place, he would never manage it.
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