I apologise for dropping you yesterday, Sirius. It was busy here overnight.
(Today's been better. Just one bludger to the temple from this afternoon's informal quidditch.)
Miss Parkinson was out with the rest of them when I popped out to check. Looked a bit peaky, but she seemed to be enjoying herself. They had Krum on his broom, refereeing the matches. Rolanda seemed as glad for the opportunity to witness his flying as the rest of the witches--and it will not surprise you to hear there were an awful lot of them who turned out for a rather bitter afternoon of spectating! I expect I may see more than one or two young people with frostbite this evening.
But I'm not answering your question, am I?
I can tell you that Miss Parkinson felt very deeply attached to your brother, and that his death came as a terrible shock. You know that she lost her father very early in life, and while I think she viewed Regulus as more of an avuncular sort than a father figure, I think losing him brought up many feelings she was too young to formulate at the time of her father's death, but which had been building over the years. I'd almost say that losing Regulus made her understand what her father's loss had cost her in a way she hadn't properly felt before that.
That's only a guess, mind you, and may be an inaccurate projection, so bear that in mind.
In any case, she's had difficulty putting her feelings behind her. She said yesterday that when the Dementors were here last year, their primary effect on her was to make her thoughts dwell unhealthily on Regulus. She told me that she's been doing much better at enjoying her present relationships and opportunities this year, but that when the parcel arrived yesterday, it knocked her sideways (her words for it).
I'd say it also made her feel suddenly guilty that she'd been going on so well and not thinking about him.
All of that on top of the usual teenage crisis-mongering.
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(Today's been better. Just one bludger to the temple from this afternoon's informal quidditch.)
Miss Parkinson was out with the rest of them when I popped out to check. Looked a bit peaky, but she seemed to be enjoying herself. They had Krum on his broom, refereeing the matches. Rolanda seemed as glad for the opportunity to witness his flying as the rest of the witches--and it will not surprise you to hear there were an awful lot of them who turned out for a rather bitter afternoon of spectating! I expect I may see more than one or two young people with frostbite this evening.
But I'm not answering your question, am I?
I can tell you that Miss Parkinson felt very deeply attached to your brother, and that his death came as a terrible shock. You know that she lost her father very early in life, and while I think she viewed Regulus as more of an avuncular sort than a father figure, I think losing him brought up many feelings she was too young to formulate at the time of her father's death, but which had been building over the years. I'd almost say that losing Regulus made her understand what her father's loss had cost her in a way she hadn't properly felt before that.
That's only a guess, mind you, and may be an inaccurate projection, so bear that in mind.
In any case, she's had difficulty putting her feelings behind her. She said yesterday that when the Dementors were here last year, their primary effect on her was to make her thoughts dwell unhealthily on Regulus. She told me that she's been doing much better at enjoying her present relationships and opportunities this year, but that when the parcel arrived yesterday, it knocked her sideways (her words for it).
I'd say it also made her feel suddenly guilty that she'd been going on so well and not thinking about him.
All of that on top of the usual teenage crisis-mongering.