"I'm sorry, if you'd had preferences, you ought to have left a note with clear instructions. Or better yet, been here when I came looking for you." It was as close as William had gotten to saying outright that he'd deliberately been hoping to find Gabe and not just his stockpile of potions ingredients during the siege. And that was quite close enough. Back to the matter at hand.
"I was more concerned with keeping everyone alive at the time. Would you rather I'd left the entrance hall to be overrun? I assure you, I've already heard from the headmaster about that, but at least he grudgingly appreciated the effort." William's hands were shaking, a bit, so he tucked them firmly under his arms. The whole bloody thing was a nightmare just to think about. "Not all of us have experience building guerrilla pipebombs and molotov cocktails."