For a moment, Howard just lays there next to Cedric, shaking and stunned. Vaguely, he realizes he's grateful it's night, because even the dim light of the moon and stars stings his eyes. It takes almost a minute for him to realize that Cedric's pushing at him and trying to get an answer, and that he really should respond to that, instead of just staying still.

"I'm okay." He squeezes his eyes back shut for a moment, then feels the grass under his hands and lifts his head. How did they get down there? Who buried them, and why were they together? He glances over at the hole, the splinters of wood and the black mouth of earth that still seems so hungry for them.

All that fear belatedly hits his stomach and he turns his head away from Cedric and vomits onto the grass.