How was she? Now that was an interesting question. A million thoughts tried to blare their opinions, but instead she looked at Gideon with defeat etched into her features. "No," she responded bluntly, her bloodshot eyes gathering tears around the corners again, but she refused to let anymore fall. Crying was a waste of time, energy, and bodily fluids. All of which were slightly important right now.
Finally noticing how hard she was clutching her wand, she let her hand relax a bit and laid her palms flat in the grass on either side of her, letting out a long breath. "I just.." she started, shaking her head a bit and biting her bottom lip in thought. She wasn't even sure how to finish the sentence she had just started. It took her a moment, but finally she manged to grab on to some coherent words again. "I just don't even know what to do. I can't linger on the fact my niece is dead, because so many other people are sick... or dying and it wouldn't be fair to pretend my pain is any worse than theirs. I can't manage to figure out how to kill these fucking things, I can't even lift my arms right now because I am so tired, but I can't sleep... When I sleep... all I can see is things I never want to see again."
Shrugging a bit helplessly, she gave him a slight smirk that didn't quite reach her eyes like it normally did. It was more of a lifeless one, to be honest but at least she was trying to show some sort of emotion. "But you know... just another normal day in the life of Amelia Bones, right?" It was sort of a morbid statement, to say the least, but anyone who had followed her life knew it was actually rather accurate as well. "Sorry, that was depressing. And we sure as hell don't need more depressing right now." Running a tired hand through her hair and giving him a light smile she added, "Thanks for coming though. Because I was really considering an all out sprint into the woods. Though we all know how that probably would have turned out.."