I think that he was alive, and people were just relieved about it, so no one realised right away that it was actually bad. Or it took a while to sink in.

I've been sitting with him off and on, and he's not very lucid but he won't let go of his wand. I tried to take it so he'd be more comfortable and he had... some kind of fit, I think. So we just let him hold it.

Anyway. How's the train?