Hogwarts, second-floor corridor, outside the office of the Head of Gryffindor.
Sunlight poured through towering windows onto the stone floor, filling the air with a heavy, oppressive stillness. Nearly all the professors of Hogwarts had gathered here, save for Headmaster Dumbledore and the substitute Potions professor, Slughorn.
Yet no one spoke—every sound was swallowed by earth-shattering sobs.
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