Order Only: Private Message to Terry Boot
Sep. 6th, 2012 12:16 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
alt_siriusHey, kiddo.
Welcome back. Alice told me you spent a little time as the Professor yesterday. Hope it helped.
For what it's worth, being Padfoot usually helps me think, too. It helps to cope with the things in this world that just don't make any sense.
And I saw what Severus wrote; he's agit smarmy pillock, even if he is working for us. If he's working for us and not playing some game of his own, which I'm none too sure.
But then, he was also in Azkaban a long time. You've been near Dementors. Imagine being surrounded by them every day for years. Most wizards aren't half insane when they leave - if they ever leave there.
That doesn't excuse him, of course. Or us, for letting him have his way about Milland.
But, there is a difference between us and them. I think, if you think about it, you can see the differences.
Anyway, I know you've got the best people in the world looking after you at Moddey, but if you ever do want to talk, or somewhere else to be for a while, well. I'm here. Moony's here, and Dora'd hex me if I didn't remind you that she's here for you as well. Grimmauld's dead awful, and I'm sorry it's still not the home we'd like it to be, but the grate's always open to you, too. Or to the Professor. Padfoot won't mind sharing a water bowl.
I wish it were as simple as we're right and they're wrong. We're not always right, kiddo. We don't always make the right choices. We're human.
But we keep trying to make it better. And when we realise our mistakes, we try to fix them, if we can do.
That counts for something, eh?
Welcome back. Alice told me you spent a little time as the Professor yesterday. Hope it helped.
For what it's worth, being Padfoot usually helps me think, too. It helps to cope with the things in this world that just don't make any sense.
And I saw what Severus wrote; he's a
But then, he was also in Azkaban a long time. You've been near Dementors. Imagine being surrounded by them every day for years. Most wizards aren't half insane when they leave - if they ever leave there.
That doesn't excuse him, of course. Or us, for letting him have his way about Milland.
But, there is a difference between us and them. I think, if you think about it, you can see the differences.
Anyway, I know you've got the best people in the world looking after you at Moddey, but if you ever do want to talk, or somewhere else to be for a while, well. I'm here. Moony's here, and Dora'd hex me if I didn't remind you that she's here for you as well. Grimmauld's dead awful, and I'm sorry it's still not the home we'd like it to be, but the grate's always open to you, too. Or to the Professor. Padfoot won't mind sharing a water bowl.
I wish it were as simple as we're right and they're wrong. We're not always right, kiddo. We don't always make the right choices. We're human.
But we keep trying to make it better. And when we realise our mistakes, we try to fix them, if we can do.
That counts for something, eh?
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Date: 2012-09-06 06:09 pm (UTC)I answered Mr Snape back. Guess I wasn't very polite or respectful when I did.
But I just can't respect this. I can't. I keep thinking of what it must be like for Mr Milland, locked up all the time, never seeing anyone but his jailer. Never seeing the sun.
I did talk a little more with Mrs Longbottom, and she explained why the hair is needed for the polyjuice. It isn't a Dark binding spell, and it doesn't hurt him or anything. So that's not quite the same as what the git did with me.
Thing is, I've been wracking my brains to figure a way out. But I can't think of one. It's the same as it was with Ridley, isn't it? Mr Shacklebolt and the rest of the Players must have felt so stuck, having to watch her all the time.
Only not exactly. At least when she escaped, you knew she wouldn't run to the authorities. But Mr Milland would, if he ever gets away.
So yeah, I guess there isn't any easy way out. But I hate it. It stinks. And I want us not to stop trying to think of one.
I'd like to see you, yeah. Would it be okay if I came sometime this weekend? Dunno if I want to study anything in particular, I just...
It's just that the Professor would like to spend some time with Padfoot. If that's all right.
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Date: 2012-09-06 06:49 pm (UTC)And yeah. It stinks. Sometimes the whole rotten world stinks.
But we shan't give up. You can trust me on that.
Listen, I've been working on a message to all your mates back at Hogwarts. It's just about ready. If they ask, you can tell them that it's true, and that Frank and Alice were some of the people involved - I'm not mentioning them by name but they were part of it. Just in case there are doubts.
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Date: 2012-09-06 10:37 pm (UTC)