Benji would have maybe found the poem funny if it wasn't tied up in Ghost Shenanigans, and instead frowned over at Ministry Bloke again. He wanted nothing more than to leave, except — nothing Fortitude had done so far had convinced Benji of his powers of persuasion, and if he couldn't pull this off and the ghost stayed out here, then Benji was never going to hear the end of it.
"He just needs to find one person who's a little mad and then —" Benji made a little poofing hand gesture to indicate the Broomsticks going up in flames. "— and then we'll never hear the end of it." And Ministry Bloke wasn't going to convince Benji that most Hogsmeade residents were reasonable; he'd met too many Hogsmeade residents for that.
"He just needs to find one person who's a little mad and then —" Benji made a little poofing hand gesture to indicate the Broomsticks going up in flames. "— and then we'll never hear the end of it." And Ministry Bloke wasn't going to convince Benji that most Hogsmeade residents were reasonable; he'd met too many Hogsmeade residents for that.