Vizet seemed to have expected Neville's words. "Neville, what did you see? Were they broken, scattered images? Did you even think at first that they were hallucinations?"
"That's right!" Surprise seeped into Neville's voice. "I want to know what happened too..."
"It wasn't until Grandmother talked about my parents that I connected them... Those were the images I saw!"
Hecate Graves hurriedly cut in, "Mr. Lovegood, could it be... this is why you called the meeting?"
"You could call it an unexpected gain, I suppose?" Vizet explained. "At first, I only wanted to 'trace things back to the source' and learn more details, so I could look for a breakthrough."
While Augusta Longbottom recounted the Longbottoms' past, he had written down quite a lot in his notebook.
Looking at the notebook, he said, "Our treatment can't really be called a failure. At the very least, through this treatment, we can confirm one thing..."
"For Mr. Frank Longbottom and Mrs. Alice Longbottom, the Cruciatus Curse has already taken on a different meaning."
Hecate Graves sighed. "They seem to have adapted to the Cruciatus Curse. They may even be unable to do without it..."
"That cannot be considered a good sign. We have reason to believe... if this continues to drag on, the chances of Frank and Alice waking will grow lower and lower!"
"Of course..." Vizet nodded. "Actually, we also gained some good news..."
"After treatment, Mr. Frank Longbottom and Mrs. Alice Longbottom can already speak, though not very much..."
"Yes!" Augusta Longbottom nodded in agreement. "At least they can call each other's names now! Hecate, all of this has meaning!"
"Longbottom Madam, there is one more thing I would like to ask." Vizet thought of something. "May I ask..."
"The Patronus forms of Mr. Frank Longbottom and Mrs. Alice Longbottom...