The two women were speechless. Albus took that as confirmation and left the two of them to ponder his words. When outside the front door, he grabbed the pendant from his pocket again, returned to Hogwarts Castle, and was back in his quarters where he had left just an hour ago. He sighed, knowing that it would be his last visit to the muggle world, the last visit anyone would ever make to the muggle world. He crushed the pendant in his hand, the last gateway to that realm, and when he opened his palm, he saw its shattered remains. Only the faded photograph remained intact.