“Private,” he said sternly, “what happened to you?” He had a sinking feeling. He had heard the rumours too, what happened to Shimmer and Onyx. She didn’t… did she? “You drank it, didn’t you?” He saw her flinch as she turned back to him, a bashful expression on her face. He felt furious. “Do you know I can suspend you for that!? You know the law! We can’t take from living creatures!” She looked down bashfully, only looking up suddenly to take a swipe at a rather beaten and bruised-looking griffon who didn’t know well enough to sit down and play dead.