I know what you mean. I have trouble without Hydra. Or Jack, what, but cats don't tend to behave well on stakeouts.

Was it...odd, Draco's party, and trying to talk to people who haven't--who don't understand? I mean to say, everyone's been affected, no one's entirely untouched by what happened. But some of us.... It's just there are those for whom the battle for Hogwarts was more or less their first direct experience of fighting back. Fighting for anything, really.

It felt hollow to make small talk, on some levels. Was it that way for you?