Severus Snape is lviing on borrowed time, knows it, and is trying to make the best of it with what he can do for Draco. It's obvious that Draco's mouth is well ine excess of what the rest of him can back and he's going to suffer for it here. On the other hand, Harry's tlaking softly and performing well and I suspect that will have some effect on how Viktor and Fleur perceive him; the results should be "interesting". I did love the way the students were getting Harry's message out to the press without realizing it's his; I'm sure this press coverage will cause lots of pureblood hearburn as foreigners and a mixed-blood perform significantly better than the pureblood (look for Draco to get some "back channel" help to try and redress this). It looks to be quite a fun "romp" ahead and I'm certain that -this time- Harry will ask Hermione immediatedly, if not "anticipating" a bit before hand.