"I understand what you're saying. I just, I think we make our own fate," he said, scratching at the top of the long table with his fingernail. "But I also think most everyone deserves a good, long life. McGonagall had that, maybe, but it's still a tragedy."
Ioan shook his head. "It's too much to think about so early in the day. So early in the school year. We just got done with the war, and now this. Makes you wonder if it ever ends."