"However, I will make it up to you with a Christmas gift, please give me a moment. I just hope that shop can open again—hiss!" Alistair suddenly felt a sharp pain in his wound and gasped again.
Snape let out a cold snort, withdrew his hand, and said, "It seems you really aren't hurt too badly if you are still thinking about gifts in this condition? Don't tell me you fell off your broom because you were distracted."
"Of course not! That gift was ver—" The words cut off abruptly, and Alistair clamped his mouth shut.
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