Audrey's gaze was immediately drawn to Ron, and she instinctively entered the Spectator State.
Ron shrank back, his face full of lingering fear. "Thank you for defeating Scabbers... no, that villain. Otherwise, I'd still be locked in that trunk."
Edward explained, "Wormtail took advantage of the days Dumbledore was away from school to capture Ron and lock him in a trunk under the bed that had an Undetectable Extension Charm cast on it."
Audrey understood. "So that's what happened."
George approached with his neck craned, struggling to speak. "Audrey, if you hadn't snapped me out of the Imperius Curse, I might have made a terrible mistake."
Harry, in the neighboring bed, craned his head over at this. "How did you know he was under the Imperius Curse?"
Hermione tapped him on the head. "Harry, the essay is due tomorrow. Worry about your own business first!"
"Well, perhaps I'm just more observant."
Audrey did not go into much detail, but Edward knew this was a Beyonder Ability of the Spectator Pathway. Especially after advancing to Sequence 8, Telepathist, her observations could reach into mystical realms such as auras and Ether Bodies. Even the finest acting would be useless.
"I heard..."
Ron asked cautiously, "Were you hit by Avada Kedavra back then?"
Curiosity immediately filled everyone's faces.
"Actually..."
She smiled. "The Killing Curse never hit me at all. But I knew that if I didn't pretend it had, he would very likely fire another Killing Curse. Then I really would have been dead."
Everyone understood.
Next, Fred gesticulated wildly as he described how he had escaped the jaws of dozens of spiders. Ron complained about going hungry during his imprisonment, and Harry could not resist recounting how he had taken Voldemort down with six shots:
"Ron, that thing works so much better