Jerry's question was also what had been troubling Paul Smith.
He rubbed the bridge of his nose, deliberation showing between his brows. "Perhaps we should all stay here for now... After all, Mr. Lovegood contributed the most to this matter."
"If we just go back like this, then it won't be easy to explain who contributed more. You... understand what I mean, right?"
"Uh..." The four Hit Wizards exchanged looks and nodded helplessly.
Paul Smith sighed softly. "I believe that, given Mr. Lovegood's character, he certainly wouldn't care about this. But I would feel bad about it..."
"Paul, you should absolutely say 'we'!" Brian quickly corrected him. "How can you say, 'I would feel bad about it'? I'd feel bad too!"
"Yeah!" Will nodded in agreement. "Don't make it sound like all we know how to do is 'have a drink'..."
Jerry cut in, "Will, I have to correct you on that... You're the only one who only thinks about having a drink."
"How about notifying MACUSA first?" Brian offered. "We can say we made a major discovery and are conducting covert surveillance, so we can't return for the moment?"
"And then say..." Jimmy added, "that to avoid being discovered by them... we hope they won't contact us for the time being?"
"But we can't delay for too long, can we?" Will looked at Paul Smith. "Paul, what do you think?"
"It's now..." Paul Smith flipped open his pocket watch and checked the time displayed on it. "About an hour until the shift change..."
"Let's do this!" He finally made the decision. "We'll notify MACUSA in half an hour. In another hour, we'll need to return to our posts."
"So we still have an hour and a half..." Jerry suggested. "Why don't we do something else? Like write the reports