This time, she just shook her head, tears starting to burn in the back of her eyes. While she didn't know the particulars of what he was thinking, she could see the strains of battle of different thoughts starting to begin. This was his crisis of conscience and Alice could only hope that he would come out on the higher ground.
"Think about what he's done, think about what you've told me he's said and acted. Doesn't everything he's done seem to be a bit too perfect? The plan that he gave us for the counter attack and defensive measures for Diagon couldn't have been thought up by a mere book clerk. He had to have at least some training in the DMLE."
Noticing the clenched fists, Alice reached over slowly and let her hand hover over his, not wanting to touch him if it would cause him to break but not wanting him to harm himself. Again. "Gideon," her voice came out in a whisper.