Theodore closed the door behind him and took the offered chair, glad that Vera was sitting down. He was silent for a moment. How exactly did you go about telling someone that someone they knew had died? Umbridge had just handed him a slip of paper with the news of his father's death, but he didn't have one of those handy.
"It's about Luna, actually," he said heavily. "She was... involved in a demonstration in class today. And she..." He couldn't speak for a moment. "There was nothing I could do."