He simply smiled at Jashah sadly, not bothering to explain further.<br/><br/>Back in the common room, he nodded happily to his mother, feeling drained but ready and focused again. He weaved expertly through the crowd, and nodded to Jashah, feeling a bit better, paradoxically, and sat down in the newly formed chair by his mother. He gave her hand a squeeze, before turning his attention to everyone else present. "So, now that my reputation, whatever it had been, has been utterly ruined, what did I miss?"