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May. 11th, 2009 03:15 pmSorry I haven't been keeping you lot up to date. I reckon you've seen Nigel's posts, so you know I'm at least alive.
Truth is I haven't had much to report. Well, I do have a lead, anyway. There's a small ... colony, I guess you might call it, of British refugees, just outside Dijon. Luckily, there's also a fairly compact school here to prepare their children for wizarding academy, so Nigel Cullenden was able to visit somewhat unremarkably. Timing worked out that I could honestly say I was scouting for the Junior Quidditch Championships and Summer Training Programme (and you can read all about that over in the other journal!).
Anyway, I asked about the incident from L'Étoile and eventually learned that it wasn't someone from the wizarding community around here. I mean, that is, it was clearly a magical child, but he's not part of the community. The boy isn't enrolled in the school at all. But the authorities have been watching the family it happened to, ever since they had to go in and reverse the effects.
So I followed one of the chaps when he was watching the house, then chatted him up a bit and got some information. It's just a mother and son, from what I gather. Mum dotes on the boy something insane but doesn't really let him go out much. Paranoid type, I'm guessing. Private (Muggle) tutors, no real chums - not even other Muggle kids - and according to my source the mother was dead set against any suggestion her son might be magical himself. My bloke said she did her nut every time he even said the word.
I'm going to try to get closer to them and see what I can learn - find out if this is really one of our missing families. Chap I talked to thought their name was made up, again, due to the mother's paranoia I suspect. Course I can't blame her for wanting to hide, or for holding a grudge against magic, if they did escape England after Voldemort took over, but if she doesn't allow the boy to be trained at all, he could become a danger to everyone around him.
I might even have more luck with her than the French Ministry have had if I simply tell her who I am and what I'm doing, but of course that's much too risky, especially with their officers camped out. Although my friend there seemed to think they would be stepping off their surveillance soon, after making sure the boy wasn't going to set himself off again.
Might see if Padfoot can gain admittance where others can't. Then at least I'll have some first-hand information - and we can figure out how to proceed from there.
Truth is I haven't had much to report. Well, I do have a lead, anyway. There's a small ... colony, I guess you might call it, of British refugees, just outside Dijon. Luckily, there's also a fairly compact school here to prepare their children for wizarding academy, so Nigel Cullenden was able to visit somewhat unremarkably. Timing worked out that I could honestly say I was scouting for the Junior Quidditch Championships and Summer Training Programme (and you can read all about that over in the other journal!).
Anyway, I asked about the incident from L'Étoile and eventually learned that it wasn't someone from the wizarding community around here. I mean, that is, it was clearly a magical child, but he's not part of the community. The boy isn't enrolled in the school at all. But the authorities have been watching the family it happened to, ever since they had to go in and reverse the effects.
So I followed one of the chaps when he was watching the house, then chatted him up a bit and got some information. It's just a mother and son, from what I gather. Mum dotes on the boy something insane but doesn't really let him go out much. Paranoid type, I'm guessing. Private (Muggle) tutors, no real chums - not even other Muggle kids - and according to my source the mother was dead set against any suggestion her son might be magical himself. My bloke said she did her nut every time he even said the word.
I'm going to try to get closer to them and see what I can learn - find out if this is really one of our missing families. Chap I talked to thought their name was made up, again, due to the mother's paranoia I suspect. Course I can't blame her for wanting to hide, or for holding a grudge against magic, if they did escape England after Voldemort took over, but if she doesn't allow the boy to be trained at all, he could become a danger to everyone around him.
I might even have more luck with her than the French Ministry have had if I simply tell her who I am and what I'm doing, but of course that's much too risky, especially with their officers camped out. Although my friend there seemed to think they would be stepping off their surveillance soon, after making sure the boy wasn't going to set himself off again.
Might see if Padfoot can gain admittance where others can't. Then at least I'll have some first-hand information - and we can figure out how to proceed from there.
