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Zacharias Smith (unspeakableness) wrote in finnigans_rpg,

Why did Ernie have to push things? Part of him understood he was just trying to help, to make him feel comfortable, that he wasn't really pushing, not like he could. Zacharias decided he needed to figure out how to better cast healing charms or work something out with what he could do in order to avoid needing Ernie again for things like this. If nothing else, he didn't want to be put in this position again, though he also didn't want Ernie to worry.

"It could have made the husband angrier if you had done something. If the authorities had gotten involved... Maybe it would have helped. Maybe it wouldn't have. There's no way to know," Zacharias said. "And you shouldn't beat yourself up with all the what if possibilities. You can only," he glanced down then back up at Ernie, "you can only take it as a learning experience and try better next time." He wondered, then, as he had before, if St. Mungo's ever focused any of its staff training on what to do if they suspects abuse of a patient. Whether or not they did, he didn't know if it would have helped the woman Ernie spoke of. All he could do was hope the husband had been put behind bars and that he could figure out a way to heal himself if something happened in the future. He didn't think his father would kill him, however; his father still needed him. Unless his sister somehow found someone willing to take the Smith family name and she had children. He'd figure out something if that happened.

"You're a good man," he said. "I don't know that you're still focusing on it, but all you can do is try to help those who are still around."