"I'm sure with you around they'll be safe and sound," she jests, "which is why I'm hoping you'll go with them to the ceremony with the others but it's your call."

Last thing she wants to do is push him into something he didn't feel comfortable with. "We should, shouldn't we? Everyone has been so excited for it! Those in the staffroom at least. I know some of the teachers are taking bets on the guardians." A disapproving cluck from her here. "A lot are riding on the bet that there'll be no fae."