“It doesn’t sound silly at all,” Helga replied. “You are right, it is important. Some people do need protection, and it is our duty to do so.”
She sighed slightly, and the tone of her voice became slightly bitter – not directed at Ernie, but still not as light as it had been before. “I gathered, yes. It seems terribly-“ Helga paused, trying to remember the word. “Ironic. We built the school to keep magical folk safe from muggles who wished to kill them, and it succeeded, but then it was not safe from the magical folk who wished to kill the muggles, and any who stood in their way.”