Luckily for Cedric, humans are excellent at hearing their own names. His head jerks in Howard's direction, catching sight of his...friendly acquaintance? Is that the right term? Well, whoever he is, Howard's jumping into a sewer. For some reason, Cedric trusts his judgment on the sewer being a wise place to hide.

It takes some effort to vault over the last few boulders and kick one back, but Cedric's soon jumping into the sewer and pulling the cover over. Descending into the darkness. He really wishes he had one of those Muggle light devices right now---the torches with the batteries.

"...Howard?"