Upon hearing Snape's question, Nicolas Flamel did not show the slightest hint of surprise, as if the inquiry had long been expected.
He looked calmly at Snape, his voice hoarse yet steady:
"Actually, when you see me like this, you already have the answer in your heart, don't you?"
The words fell, and the room was instantly shrouded in an eerie silence, as though time itself had frozen.
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