People are forgetful creatures by nature.
When Flint realized that no one was actively targeting him anymore, the heart that had spent all day braced against sudden ambushes and sack-of-flour attacks finally settled. That massive sum of Galleons he had lost in the betting pool was, to him, a nearly unpayable debt; unless Flint was willing to scrape together money from home, there was simply no way he could settle it.
And Flint had zero intention of asking his family for money to pay off the other students who had won the bets.
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