He’s exhausted, he’s been fighting Shacklebolt’s Aurors for over an hour with Ginny, with Potter surprisingly, alongside Blaise and Pansy who took the first international portkey from Italy as soon as he called them, Daphne, Astoria, and their husbands Pucey and Montague following. They managed to stop the attack mid-way through, but they were still fighting furiously when the barrier began to recede, stunning everyone into a silence filled with anxiety and dread.