Michael sighed heavily, but he knew that Benjy was right. And he was wrong. It was a part of being a Ravenclaw that you accepted superior ideas when it was obvious you'd fucked up. It was the best way to learn. "It'll probably wear off," he said, shrugging,
He stood without argument, looking to Benjy to lead him to whichever authority figure he thought he should speak to first. "I didn't- I didn't expect it to- I should have-" he had too many things he wanted to say to Benjy. All of them true. "I'm sorry. I'm really sorry. I just wanted to try and get a cure. I wanted to try something. Anything. No one is offering us anything. I just wanted to try."