It was a lot to take. Ron, Hermione and Tom had talked quite a while about this. Should they reveal the prophecy or keep it a secret? In the end, it had actually been Tom who voted for ruthless candour. The prediction, he had argued, had been made about them. What everybody else thought did not matter as long as they decided to ignore it. So here they were, waiting for the inevitable question. Yet, nobody seemed to dare voice it.