Cedric ducked his head. "Of course not. Sorry. But I've heard we have those?"

He knew when to drop a subject, though, coming around to Howard's next inquiry. Hitting right on the sore spot he was trying to think about and not think about at the same time. It was very confusing to be doing this.

"I died. The most evil wizard in modern history ordered my execution when I realised I was somewhere I shouldn't be. They said something happened to stop it just before, but when we set things right, that's the end."