Dean shook his head. "Sorry Michael, but I think someone should have talked to her before people started accusing her of being involved. I talked to Lavender and all she had was opinions based on fear that she swore up and down were facts. Running with that felt like giving in to paranoia. I'm not about to start looking at friends as enemies. We need to not overreact to these things, especially if it breaks us up into factions. Divided we fall and all that. maybe we can try to work through this at a second meeting. Maybe Lavender will prove us wrong. Maybe we'll prove her wrong. Who's wrong doesn't actually matter. What matters is working together to find out what's really happening."
He and Michael were starting to be on the same page now, and so Dean nodded furiously. "On that we agree. So long as we can disagree without arguing we'll be all right." He offered another smile. "I'll do my best to keep Seamus's mouth shut if he's about to be offensive, yeah?"