John listened, watching Sherlock raptly. "Hm. That's... interesting. So even the wizarding world has wars? You never really... hear about them. How did they keep muggles from being effected by it?" He asked, looking genuinely confused. You would think it would be well known that some strange explosions and such were happening all over the country - or the world, he didn't really know yet how far this war had stretched. What means did the muggles have of defending themselves, from powerful forces such as magic? He strongly doubted guns or anything like that would work horribly well against witches and wizards. It was also strange that a battle was actually fought [i]at the school[/i] - the final battle, it seemed. He smiled a little. "Oh, and no, I don't necessarily have trouble with your ego, I guess." He said, chuckling a little. "Don't expect me to encourage it, though."