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Observant people may note that Garo looks quite tired and grumpy today. However, anybody that observant would've also realised a while ago that Garo usually looks tired and grumpy, so that's okay.

Currently, he's stalking around the entrance to Hogwarts, looking exceptionally cheesed off, half-heartedly going through sword forms. Botherable.

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He waves away their concern as he stands up to sheathe his sword, he's looking a little paler but its hard to tell in the dark of the subway tunnel,

"Will be fine, should get back an warn the others."

"If I can contact Kern, he could spread the word quickly. Hope his English is getting better."

Kate gestured to them, and took Will's hand.

"Let's go. No sunlight here works for triffids, hope these are the same way."

"I could stay behind and hold them off?"

No, that is not a hopeful tone.

(Except for the bit where it is.)

Garo gets a look from Will and a strange sort of smile,

"Long as ye promise na to die."

Kate glanced between them, "Boys? Am I the only one who thinks that a bad idea? No way, Garo, you're coming back with us. We need reinforcements."

Garo looks momentarily disappointed. Only momentarily, though, it's covered up quickly.

"Okay." Mildly. "Lead the way."

Will nods and leans again on the wall, he's had a fever before when he was young, he almost died of it.

Its hard to forget the look on his mother's face when she thought she would lose him and this feels a bit the same.

Kate stopped, and glanced over at him.

"Will? You need us to help you back?" She considered something, and went to check his forehead.

Garo shuffles over, in case Will needs somebody to lean on.

His forehead is a little warm and his color is a bit paler than normal, but he does his best to stand,

"Can make it back."

"You sure? Because if you so much as stumble, we're carrying you back." It didn't look good, but might just be a light infection or cold. She then started to walk again, but staying close by Will on the one side.

Garo headed along too, keeping on the other side of Will.

Pause.

"So, not a benevolent forest god, then."

Will just nods, doing his best to just keep walking straight, focusing on the smell of Kate's hair.

"I'd say that's a big fat no," Kate agreed with Garo as they walked along. She was going to keep monitoring Will's progress the whole time. She shifted to move an arm around to support him.

"Shame."

He'd talk but he's feeling tired and a not too good but he tries to not lean too much on Kate.

Her eyes narrowed worriedly and she quickened her pace.

"Almost there. And yeah, of course the god that shows up isn't a nice one. Now how do we stop it?"

"Fire? It has a good track record with most woody objects."

"Oh aye, fire in the trees."

Will says as he just keeps walking, one foot in front of the other, then he can just go to sleep.

Another worried look at Will, before Kate added, "Fire arrows worked well against the triffids. Should do well with this. The problem is? How would we take out that tree if we had to without blowing up what's left of the city?"

"Giant flamethrowers?" Garo is short on ideas.

He just keeps nodding as finally they reach the exit near the castle and Will mumbles,

"Should sleep."

"That might work. How good would you be with building them? And how would they operate?"

Kate supported Will more as she started to go up to get back into the castle, "Come on, up the stairs. Let's get you to the infirmary just in case. You can sleep there."

"... I know I'm a bit of a jack-of-all-trades, but building a giant flamethrower would be pretty kriffin' difficult, especially with the resources we have. Moving it around even worse."

Will gets a pat, as Garo lifts one of his arms to drape around his shoulders and support him.
"Hang in there."

He nods and keeps mumbling things about fire as he walks between them.