Re: Al and Severus
"Quite." Snape replied to Ginny. He hadn't been the one to start discussing them, but he knew that there was no point in chopping logic, not when she was clearly - and perfectly understandably - distraught.
"Now that I've had a bite," hell, the first breather all day, "I'll get back to it. If you'll excuse me..." he inclined his head to both of them, and strode back to the bedside.