Hugo sighed, because he knew this was as good as it was going to get. When the time came, he'd take whatever punishment his parents gave him, but he half hoped his Mother would be more reasonable.
"Fine," he said, and settled back against the pillows. He was tired now, but didn't want to go back to sleep. "Can you bring me some books or something? I'm bored out of my mind. Kinda hard to get in trouble when the Healers won't even let me get up to go to the bathroom on my own." Which was just about the most humiliating thing ever, but one did what one must.