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Merlin, everyone at Saltash....hope you're all right. And that you find Frank--yeah.

Mum, I know you and Ron and Ginny are probably there, so there's probably little point in even saying this, but I won't be home tonight.

Nick, I need you in the office.

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alt_charlie

You know who I've been thinking of through all this? Dad.

Not just because the Longbottom kids are worried sick about Frank, but also, I've been spending the past few hours helping to transport the wounded, and seeing Dr Harris at work fixing people up the Muggle way, all I can think of is, Dad would be fascinated by what he's doing.

Sewing people together like they're a shirt that needs mending. It sounds barbaric -- Merlin, it is barbaric -- but when magic doesn't work inside the perimeter and we have to carry people into the tunnels if they're so bad off that magical healing is their only chance, sewing people up like shirts is actually sodding working.

I'm so glad we got Dr Harris out of the camps. There are a lot of people who've got a solid chance of making it through this who wouldn't have, if it weren't for him.

--and they're finishing up with the latest one who needed magic badly enough to risk moving her, so I'm needed again to carry her back to the actual hospital. Right. Back to work.

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alt_bill

I've been thinking of Dad, too. And yeah, not just because of the Longbottom kids, although that's part of it.

Kingsley and the rest did make it with medical supplies Nick and I sent, didn't they?

You know, it was almost like I felt Dad at my shoulder last night. Quite strongly, more than ever before. I felt so much like him because here I am in a job I hate, but every once in a while it allows me to grab a chance that actually saves people. I was so sodding glad I could do that last night. Just like Dad, it's the only thing that keeps me going, sometimes. Or that gives me a mental shield the next time Mulciber orders me to do something horrible, anyway.

I'm also glad we could get Dr Harris out of the camps. Ugh, his methods do sound barbaric, but if they work...yeah, Dad would have been fascinated. I hope Dr Harris can train others, too.

I'm glad you can be out there in the field helping. And Mum and Ginny and Ron, too. That's another good thing, that this happened during the school break, so they could be there. It's quite an introduction for Ginny to some of the work the Order does. And did the twins come, too?

Give Alice and the rest all my love. I'm so glad she isn't facing widowhood today.

I suppose the waiting to get word about Frank might have brought back tough memories for Mum. Unless she was kept busy enough, and Merlin knows, if there's anything Mum's good at, it's keeping busy.

Just paused to read Colin's message again. Frank managed a shield spell? That's fantastic. Maybe his magic really will start to come back.

Urgh, I'm exhausted. There are a number of people here working, though some are pausing to get a few hours kip. I still can't quite believe it. A bloody earthquake. They just aren't supposed to happen here.

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alt_charlie

Yeah, when I first saw the news, all I could think was somebody had to have got the wrong idea. Earthquake. Bloody hell.

Yes, Kingsley and the others did make it with the supplies, although they ran out fast -- there were so many people in need of them. Snape came by late last night with a load of potions and pastes, some of which didn't need working magic to work on someone, and that helped as well. I didn't see much of Ginny, but yeah, she was there helping, and the twins too. She's scheduled to come up tomorrow and stay for most of the week -- I'll see what she's thinking about what happened. I imagine it was a bit sobering, to see all those people hurt and know that nobody else is coming to help and we're it. Hopefully we can sit down for a long talk.

And yes. Dad would have been fascinated. I kept thinking of how torn he would have been, doing everything he could to help the people elsewhere who needed his help but secretly wanting to hover over Dr Harris's shoulder and asking him what all the things he was doing were and how they worked. For the first time I can really remember, I thought "Dad would have loved this little part of all this mess", and I waited for the flood of sadness to come pouring in behind it, and instead I just found myself laughing at the thought a little. The mental picture of Dad carrying people in to the infirmary and hesitating just for that little half-second before turning back around. It was a good thought, you know?