As he landed, she slowed further into a light jog that Wallace could keep up with without a warm-up. Besides, running with a broom in hand was likely awkward. She wouldn't want to do it. No, she was letting herself get distracted. When he probed for further details, a part of her wanted to spill everything right then and there - a part that surprised her. She wasn't sure if it was something about Mr. Bixby or just the state she was in but she couldn't do that. Even if she wasn't worried about him going to tell Sloane - for surely his loyalty belong to his sister, not to her - she'd promised Alice not to tell anyone yet.

"I just got in a fight with one of my friends a little bit ago," the fifth year confessed, her hand clenching the fabric of her robes as she spoke. "I can't say about what though. But she wouldn't accept help, she jumped to the conclusion she had to sacrifice herself and that there was surely no way around it. But I just wanted to help."