"That-" She murmured between sips. "Is the bitch of it."

Peers as they were she did not feel overly committed to holding formality. They had fought together, worked together, failed together. Propriety could wait for another time. "All we can do is be better prepared for the next."

All the effort put into that one boy? To those tests? They would find another. And perhaps even be so fortunate as to find those responsible as well.