"Or that you were temporary blinded by my refusal to give into your very inflated ego," Percy rebutted. "Or it could be all the red, it really does a number on your eyesight," he added wryly.
"I-" He finally nodded. "All right, I'm not questioning it, I just- I'm not used to it, that's all. I never expected to hear them, and after what happened, I didn't expect to hear them this soon." He also wasn't sure he could say them back. In fact, he knew for a fact that he couldn't say it this soon. "I'm not most people," he finally said as he tightened his hold on Cass.
"She's... lucky to be alive. The other patrol arrived in time to save her, so the Healers aren't sure, not that they seem to know much lately. "Even if she is... well, she's an Auror, and I've been told that we take care of our own. We'll make sure that she receive the proper treatment, and then we'll just have to make sure her schedule is changed so she doesn't work when the full moon is out."