After agreeing with Newt to split up, Cypher stood where he was and quietly watched Newt disappear from the arena.
He waited until all the magical fluctuations in the arena had completely subsided.
He still did not choose to open Dragon Eyes and alter the coordinates. Instead, he used the detection spell Dumbledore had taught him to observe the dem...
"I was a failure. I hardly paid attention to whether the sun was shining, because I had no time.
"My parents couldn't support me, and I wasn't well educated. Alone in the city, I searched for a future.
"I looked for many jobs, but none would hire me. Maybe no one liked someone who wasn't good at talking, disliked socializing, and hadn't shown enough ability.
"I ate only two loaves of bread over three whole days. Hunger kept me awake at night. Luckily, I had paid a month's rent in advance, so I could keep living in that dark basement instead of going outside to endure the unusually bitter winter wind.
"Finally, I found a job: night watchman at a hospital, watching over the morgue.
"The hospital was even colder at night than I had imagined. The corridor wall lamps were unlit, and everything was dim. I could only rely on the faint light spilling from the rooms to see where I was stepping.
"The place smelled terrible. From time to time, bodies would be delivered stuffed into body bags, and we would work together to carry them into the morgue.
"It wasn't a very good job, but at least it let me afford bread. I could also use my free time at night to study. After all, no one wanted to come to the morgue unless a body needed to be delivered or taken away for cremation. Of course,