I don't think it would have helped. I did restock my sylladex almost immediately before it closed, remember...? And none of the foodstuffs were there after.

[ She didn't think it was worth mentioning at the time because everyone was upset enough as it was. Though the only people who would have really understood how upsetting that was, to have something suddenly gone from your sylladex...well, John was one of those people.

The offer to help braid her hair - John, do you know how to do that...? - gets a bright smile, though, and she waves to the bed. ]

Yes, absolutely! I'm just trying to get it out of the way. There's so much of it. Maybe I should cut it or something, sometime...

[ Is John really going to braid her hair as they talk about murder, because she'll bring it up pretty soon if you don't, Egbert. ]