Al's mind stilled, filling with images of the morning when he found himself at Hogwarts covered only by Jamie's invisibility cloak, carrying his wand and Severus' Memorestore and showing Allison and Toby a place to rest.
It wasn't nearly as drastic of an event, but it's the closest he experienced firsthand.
As soon as possible... Does it mean I need to take the time off work tomorrow? Does it even matter? If Voldemort takes over, the Daily Prophet as I know it will not exist. He burns books, among other things.
Books! We'll need more books. And writing supplies, and... Scor! I have to warn him.
Al's arms tightened around Severus. "I'll reschedule my leave to start tomorrow and place some owl-orders for books," Buying out the entire store sounds good. "Is there anything in particular you think you might need." Al's mouth twitched, "besides masterpieces of irreplaceable cultural and intellectual value and manuals on surviving a siege."