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[rule_britannia]

To anyone who might have heard about my brother Phineas' unfortunate accident and subsequent stay in hospital, mother has informed me that he's perfectly fine now. I'm sure all of those whose lives he has touched with his generosity and gentleness of spirit will be very relieved.

[The sarcasm, it's dripping off the page]

This year is turning out to be rather interesting already, I must say. Magical Languages looks as if it's going to be... enlightening.




Also, I found a copy of Spellman's Syllabary stuck between two chairs in the common room. There's no name in it. I believe I may keep it if no one claims it, so if it's yours, do speak up.

Comments

[rule_britannia]

I'm touched, really.

I shall do my best to keep my intelligence intact, I'd hate for you to be bored without me.

[preanimator]

Oh, please, don't do it for my entertainment, I'll get entirely the wrong idea.

[rule_britannia]

Ah, and we can't have that, can we?

[preanimator]

Exactly. I prefer my understanding of others motives to be clear and precise.

[rule_britannia]

Perhaps I should be keeping you on your toes. Things won't always be so clean-cut.

[preanimator]

They aren't now.

[ ... hmm, that may have been a bit too honest.]

[rule_britannia]

[A little, and that's why Arthur gently taps his quill against the page before he responds]

I suppose they're not.

Feel free to tell me to shove off, but I believe I just spotted a small crack in your armour, Herbert.

[preanimator]

Don't read too much into it, I was simply making a comment on the murky state of personal relationships among adolescents. It's nothing to do with me, personally.

[back pedal, back pedal, HE HAS NO CHINKS, EVER. HE IS CERTAINLY NOT CONCERNED ABOUT HIS BEST FRIEND'S BUDDING ROMANCE WITH SOME STUPID GIRL, NOPE.]

[rule_britannia]

Of course. Purely observation on your part.

[preanimator]

Precisely. [Wow, it's probably good bitterness can't come across in writing too well.] I don't see the point in getting involved in such nonsense myself. It's a distraction from my studies.

[rule_britannia]

It is rather a distraction, I'll give you that.

[preanimator]

I'm much more interested in what goes on above the neck than below the belt. You seem to have stayed out of that whole mess, at least.

[rule_britannia]

I can but try.

[He hasn't, not really, but Herbert doesn't need to know that]

[preanimator]

It's refreshing to see some sensible people in our year. [Herbert's the only one who doesn't have something in the pipeline, isn't he?]

[rule_britannia]

It would be rather chaotic if we were all being swept away in a sea of raging hormones.

[preanimator]

Tell that to everyone else who seems bound and determined to make fools out of themselves by getting half naked and touching each other in public.

[rule_britannia]

[He's suddenly rather glad he's alone because the snort he lets out at that is nothing close to dignified]

I can certainly share your disbelief in that respect.

[preanimator]

It's disgusting and completely inappropriate in an academic setting. I understand hormonal processes interfere with cognitive ones, but honestly. I don't need to see that, god.

[rule_britannia]

If I didn't know you better, the phrase 'the lady doth protest too much, methinks' would come to mind.

[preanimator]

PLEASE don't imply I have anything in common with a woman. I swear they revel in all these shenanigans.