There were far worse spells to keep than utility ones, Sirius told himself. That wasn't much comfort but the fact that they could have protected themselves in at least once instant was.

"I'll keep that in mind if this does happen again-- unless they just want more presentations on neutrons." Really, that could have been much worse. He'd been prepared for it to be, given all those warnings.

"I don't see how we can take the fight to-- whatever those things were. Do we head back to our-- room or try and find others?" Sirius pretended like he hadn't just blurted out a phrase that he hadn't uttered in a year.