Order Only: Hermione
Jul. 23rd, 2010 07:31 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
alt_siriusOkay, Benjy and Caradoc and I have had a chat. Benjy's gone to the Horseguards to keep an eye out in case Malfoy marches over there to start arresting teenagers.
Meanwhile, Hermione, I think we need to talk about what your friends know and don't know, and what you ought to be able to tell them and what you can't tell them, and what we need to know about them.
So, first off: I don't care who they are as individuals. If they want us to know, that's fine, but it doesn't matter one bit to me and it's probably better if we don't know their names.
Second, if they've already helped you and Terry hide your wands and if their first move was to ask you to pass a message to us, then I think it's fair to say they know we're at least loosely organised and that we're sympathetic to the Muggleborn. I'm guessing they feel the same way or they wouldn't have bothered befriending you or Terry in the first place. The fact that they're already keeping those secrets means I think they're fairly trustworthy.
The sticky part, though, is that you're all just kids. None of you should have information that would put you in the direct path of danger if you should get caught. I know we can't avoid that in your case and I regret that, kiddo, but for your friends, they can't be told who we are or what our plans are for any specific mission we discuss. But you already know that.
I guess what I'm saying is that I think you're in with a rather clever lot, particularly if they've figured out a way to communicate that circumvents the journals. I know Caradoc and Benjy really want some details about that - how they've got round the charm, whether it's a lock like Bill's Order Only lock, or whether you're communicating outside the journals altogether - but I think it's really none of our business. And just like your friends are safer not knowing about us and how we talk, I think we're safer not knowing about them and how they've done it. I'll admit I'm curious, but I can live with the disappointment.
I do agree with Benjy and Caradoc, on the other hand, when they point out that we should have some assurances about how you lot have each other's pledge to keep the secrets you share. It's not just nosing in: Depending on what you're using, we might be able to suggest some better methods, more foolproof protections that you haven't thought to cast.
Here's what I propose: You tell us how it is you're sure about their loyalty to you, and in return we'll let you tell them that you're part of a larger group, which they've guessed already, but that you are bound by oaths so you can't tell them who any of us are. You can talk with them about us in a very general sense, but not about anything we've got planned - and that's also to make sure they don't get tempted to share the action themselves - and you can't tell us who they are or them who we are, as individuals.
Will that work for you? For the rest of us?
Meanwhile, Hermione, I think we need to talk about what your friends know and don't know, and what you ought to be able to tell them and what you can't tell them, and what we need to know about them.
So, first off: I don't care who they are as individuals. If they want us to know, that's fine, but it doesn't matter one bit to me and it's probably better if we don't know their names.
Second, if they've already helped you and Terry hide your wands and if their first move was to ask you to pass a message to us, then I think it's fair to say they know we're at least loosely organised and that we're sympathetic to the Muggleborn. I'm guessing they feel the same way or they wouldn't have bothered befriending you or Terry in the first place. The fact that they're already keeping those secrets means I think they're fairly trustworthy.
The sticky part, though, is that you're all just kids. None of you should have information that would put you in the direct path of danger if you should get caught. I know we can't avoid that in your case and I regret that, kiddo, but for your friends, they can't be told who we are or what our plans are for any specific mission we discuss. But you already know that.
I guess what I'm saying is that I think you're in with a rather clever lot, particularly if they've figured out a way to communicate that circumvents the journals. I know Caradoc and Benjy really want some details about that - how they've got round the charm, whether it's a lock like Bill's Order Only lock, or whether you're communicating outside the journals altogether - but I think it's really none of our business. And just like your friends are safer not knowing about us and how we talk, I think we're safer not knowing about them and how they've done it. I'll admit I'm curious, but I can live with the disappointment.
I do agree with Benjy and Caradoc, on the other hand, when they point out that we should have some assurances about how you lot have each other's pledge to keep the secrets you share. It's not just nosing in: Depending on what you're using, we might be able to suggest some better methods, more foolproof protections that you haven't thought to cast.
Here's what I propose: You tell us how it is you're sure about their loyalty to you, and in return we'll let you tell them that you're part of a larger group, which they've guessed already, but that you are bound by oaths so you can't tell them who any of us are. You can talk with them about us in a very general sense, but not about anything we've got planned - and that's also to make sure they don't get tempted to share the action themselves - and you can't tell us who they are or them who we are, as individuals.
Will that work for you? For the rest of us?
