Well, ten points from Gryffindor for just barging right ahead without actually thinking it through. Or would that be to Gryffindor, for being true to her nature? She blamed the children, too.
"Perhaps I'll withhold what Al calls you and call us even, then?" she decides with more of her usual smirk. "All complimentary, of course," she continues. And Scorpius was a darling. It gave her hope, in ways she couldn't quite put to words.
But she's run out of time to counter his perfectly legitimate question. And seems at maybe a bit of a loss to explain, because she really didn't think it through much farther than he was one of the first people she wanted to see when she arrived. A familiar face. Someone who understood her history, maybe. Even had a place in it.
"Well, to hear Scorpius tell it, you're practically the reserve seeker for the next team without," she informs him, and it's not exactly a lie. "But no, that's not why I'm here," and for the first time she looks apologetic. And she smiles warmly through it all the same. "Just thought I'd give you fair warning, I suppose."
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"Perhaps I'll withhold what Al calls you and call us even, then?" she decides with more of her usual smirk. "All complimentary, of course," she continues. And Scorpius was a darling. It gave her hope, in ways she couldn't quite put to words.
But she's run out of time to counter his perfectly legitimate question. And seems at maybe a bit of a loss to explain, because she really didn't think it through much farther than he was one of the first people she wanted to see when she arrived. A familiar face. Someone who understood her history, maybe. Even had a place in it.
"Well, to hear Scorpius tell it, you're practically the reserve seeker for the next team without," she informs him, and it's not exactly a lie. "But no, that's not why I'm here," and for the first time she looks apologetic. And she smiles warmly through it all the same. "Just thought I'd give you fair warning, I suppose."