Order Only: Private Message to Rachel, Remus and Alice

[alt_sirius]

I've just been told about Justin.

This is exactly what I was talking about this afternoon. WHY did he go after Antonin bloody Dolohov on his own? Or Ptolemy sodding Baddock or whomever.

Was it really necessary to put an eighteen-year-old in harm's way at this stage?

Alice. Enough. There are plenty of us to assume the risks. Rachel, put them on reserve, please. At least until the worst threats have been resolved.

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[alt_rachel]

When I joined the Order I was utterly shocked that you'd allowed children to join. Actual children, not even of age yet.

Bill told me he'd made the mistake of thinking of them as 'children' for far too long. That they'd proven themselves. That they'd made astonishing contributions.

He was right. I sent Justin after Ptolemy Baddock because I knew he'd have both the patience and the skill to get to him. Just as I sent Ron to infiltrate the new Security Forces meeting this week -- he'd be able to do it, in his animagus form -- and had Draco replace Faust.

We have not won this war yet.

[alt_rachel]

And keeping them off the front lines is not necessarily protection.

Honoria Sandoval is dead. Fell down dead, in her own quarters. Justin thinks Dolohov managed this somehow, we're trying to figure out how.

[alt_rachel]

I've called off Justin. For now, at least. I told him I'm not sending him back out right away.

I'm not sidelining Draco. He's mid-assignment; pulling him out would mean losing that opportunity.