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alt_sirius) wrote2012-07-31 08:30 am
alt_sirius) wrote2012-07-31 08:30 am
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Frank, tell Neville and Evelyn to be a bit ginger with Allie this morning. She's okay but probably a little, er, slow-moving.
She's on her way back; I made her stay at Grimmauld for fear she'd splinch if she tried returning last night.
We talked, most of the night. Well, I let her talk. Seems like she needed a good crying out.
So I'm just reading through everyone's conversations now but it's rather remarkable how Alice and I covered most of the angles people have discussed.
Except the one about letting Hermione and Terry tell their friends a couple of choice pieces of information. (And I agree with Dora, Moony: You're brilliant.)
But I've been thinking about it, off and on, ever since they all started asking questions and the letters came from more than one or two people and so on. Eventually this lot are likely to all ask for induction into the Order.
And I agree with Poppy that we can't allow them to continue forcing our hands.
In all honesty, I'm more concerned with what happens if they don't come to us about joining. Fred, George, you said before that you didn't think everyone on your lock would be good to add to the Order and not just because of their ages. The thing is, unless we're sure of their intentions, it's an unconscionable risk even to confirm their suspicions about the links they've already made.
However, all that having been said, trust has to start somewhere. I think we might let Hermione and Terry tell them the facts in Moony's proposal but also tell them that we have a message: Good show, you're all very clever, keep sticking together and helping each other, yes, we'll consider new recruits but no, not until you're of age.
That might stave off the uncomfortable conversations for a while, at least.
I also think it's high time we found something to do that would actually move things along a bit. I know we're making progress but it's a bit too slow and incremental for me. At our current rate of smuggling it's going to be another ten years before we have enough of them distributed.
She's on her way back; I made her stay at Grimmauld for fear she'd splinch if she tried returning last night.
We talked, most of the night. Well, I let her talk. Seems like she needed a good crying out.
So I'm just reading through everyone's conversations now but it's rather remarkable how Alice and I covered most of the angles people have discussed.
Except the one about letting Hermione and Terry tell their friends a couple of choice pieces of information. (And I agree with Dora, Moony: You're brilliant.)
But I've been thinking about it, off and on, ever since they all started asking questions and the letters came from more than one or two people and so on. Eventually this lot are likely to all ask for induction into the Order.
And I agree with Poppy that we can't allow them to continue forcing our hands.
In all honesty, I'm more concerned with what happens if they don't come to us about joining. Fred, George, you said before that you didn't think everyone on your lock would be good to add to the Order and not just because of their ages. The thing is, unless we're sure of their intentions, it's an unconscionable risk even to confirm their suspicions about the links they've already made.
However, all that having been said, trust has to start somewhere. I think we might let Hermione and Terry tell them the facts in Moony's proposal but also tell them that we have a message: Good show, you're all very clever, keep sticking together and helping each other, yes, we'll consider new recruits but no, not until you're of age.
That might stave off the uncomfortable conversations for a while, at least.
I also think it's high time we found something to do that would actually move things along a bit. I know we're making progress but it's a bit too slow and incremental for me. At our current rate of smuggling it's going to be another ten years before we have enough of them distributed.
Private Message to Sirius
I don't know how I would've faced today without a little steadying first.
You are quite wonderful for letting me talk your ear off like that. Well, you're quite wonderful, full stop.
And I'm not just saying that because you're generous with your stash.
I've got all sorts of things to work through with what we've been doing on our end in terms of wand production, and Frank's got an idea or three about making our own inroads to the camps that need to be put down on paper, but my head and heart aren't quite in it right now. Give us a few more days before we're useful again and can poke at it properly, because it really is important to sort out, you're right.
Re: Private Message to Sirius
And I'm sorry. Truly I am. If it were just Neville, you know Remus and I would be in favour in a heartbeat. It's just...this Jr Aux. We have so little idea of how many they are, or how trustworthy.
Well, we talked it all out last night, didn't we?
(And you're not kidding about my stash. I thought Aleks's last bag would see me through at least the holidays. I'll just have to be extra-conservative for a while. Not complaining, mind; Moony's tolerant but with the boys and Bea about I ought to cut back even more than I've already done.)
And yeah, I'm glad we'll be putting more together about the ongoing mission. I suppose I'm as much to blame as anyone for not doing more.
Re: Private Message to Sirius
That was a rather bitter potion to swallow. But it's done now, and we'll manage.
And one of the best ways I can think to manage is to plan for the future rather than dwelling on what can't be changed. So there's that.