Private message to Ron Weasley

[alt_seamus]

Safe for the moment, but holed up. (In an actual hole, it's under some tree roots in the side of a hill.) I was being pursued, ducked in here because I hoped I might lose them, and they haven't followed but I can hear them.

You want me to try to fight my way out, or stay here and hope they give up and move on?

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[alt_seamus]

I mean right now there's at least one still looking, maybe two. So at least I'm a distraction? I don't know. I just don't want to wind up captured AGAIN

[alt_ron]

Our goal has to be to hold their attention and give Dean whatever chance we can to get into that camp and out again with the courier and those codes. We've only got today, and time's running out.

So, yeah, if you can get back out and draw them off, that's what we need.

Anywiz, what's the worst that can happen? You get caught and dragged off to a holding cell again. It wasn't that bad, was it?

[alt_ron]

And if you do get caught, try setting up an almighty ruckus so they need backup to bring you in.

[alt_seamus]

Okay. I'll be a bloody distraction. I'd be happier about it if at least it won't be with Zabini again.

[alt_seamus]

Okay.

[alt_ron]

Heh. You mean he wasn't much fun to be stuck with in a holding pen? That's such a surprise!

[alt_seamus]

He's such a prat. You saw what it did to my wrists, getting loose. Zabini pretended he was trying to work at it, but mostly he was sitting back and waiting for me to finish, because he knew I wouldn't leave him, not after what they said.

[alt_ron]

Dolohov and Desai, you mean? About working together against the common foe and all, yeah. Well.

I mean, I'd've been tempted to leave Zabini to find his own bloody way out. Especially if he wasn't trying at all. What an arse.

Or did you mean the Aurors said something that made you think you ought to save his sorry tail?

[alt_seamus]

I meant Dolohov and Desai, yeah. It was still awfully tempting to cut Parkinson loose and leave Zabini, but it wouldn't have looked good.

Anyway. I'm about done in -- you are too, I reckon. I wanted to say, though, you did a good job. It was luck that Marvolo's team made it in with their courier and we didn't -- Dean was close, with the codes, but yeah.

[alt_ron]

Thanks. You look like you're asleep or I'd tell you instead of writing. They kept us in debriefing-- Harry and me--until we weren't making sense any more. I'm not really now much-

Just. You really came through. The whole time. Cheers.