Vizet came up to Mrs. Appaloosa. He had only just opened his mouth when Mrs. Appaloosa spoke first. "I'm ready."
"Ready?" Vizet realized that Mrs. Appaloosa might have misunderstood. "Mrs. Appaloosa, did you perhaps... misunderstand?"
Hearing Vizet say that, Mrs. Appaloosa seemed to realize something too and asked tentatively, "You don't intend to cast an Obliviation Charm on me?"
Vizet explained, "I was only planning to tell you that the next stop is your family manor."
There was a hint of surprise in Mrs. Appaloosa's voice. "There's no need to erase my memory?"
Vizet calmly shook his head and asked in return, "Why would I need to do that?"
After thinking it over for a while, Mrs. Appaloosa spoke with some difficulty. "Because I saw many secrets..."
"Like that Profa. He must have been put under an Obliviation Charm by you... and that Bonanno too, most likely... so I thought..."
"So that's why." Vizet nodded. "Casting the Obliviation Charm on them was only to avoid possible accidents."
"Just as I told Mr. Profa earlier... the situation he faces now is, to a large extent, the result of his own choices."
"So by keeping the Chocolate Frog card..." Mrs. Appaloosa's voice was still somewhat dry. "I made the right choice?"
"Right?" Vizet shook his head. "Mrs. Appaloosa, I have no authority to define whether your choice was right or wrong."
"In truth, I only made a choice as well. I chose to tell you that the next stop was your family manor. That is all."
Those calm words instantly reddened Mrs. Appaloosa's eyes.
Her family had suffered a change of circumstances, her husband had been taken away by the Magical Congress, their manor had been invaded by Dark Muggles and Dark Wizards, and she and her son had been kept under