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( the hug is perhaps a fraction longer than usual, though she really did need it, and when she pulls back there's a slight sadness to her expression. for as great as it is to see him she hates that he'll have to experience any of it )

Is Tom...? ( but no, this isn't mr mountjoy's doing. tom probably wasn't here just as the boys hadn't been here when she'd first slept.

there's a quick look around her as she picks her basket back up )

I'll explain everything as we head back.

( get her ingredients away, them somewhere more comfortable. and as well as she now felt her little walk had been more tiring than she'd expected )