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Muets! C'est tellement stupide!
Comment muets peuvent vous être?

Ai hhuthe hevhluythuyng!!!
os ot s'ho dofhfhuycaht t'ho nhuht boh on iudhiaht.
Ai'ehm ayskuyng fuhr thuo muyrch ai khuyw!






Ah, yes. Who would like to join me at the Three Broomsticks for the first Hogsmeade trip? If I'm feeling particularly charitable, I may pay for your drink(s).
Or if you wish to join me at Honeydukes, I'd also appreciate that.
Company is welcomed and encouraged.

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[seeringlight]

[You're still her father. But her trust is a very fragile thing, so it helps that he's willing to not snoop. Like he really needs to feed that fire already blazing.

She just takes it back from him and puts it back in his schoolbag.]

I have no plans on speaking to your son anytime soon. He can do whatever stupid things he wishes to do. It's not my business.

[You know it's bad when she refers to Dave as his son and not by name nor as her own sibling.] No need to apologize. It's not like you were the one to completely disregard my attempts of trying to show that I care and throw it into the wind.

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[plushaeusrumpified]

[He's quiet for a few moments as he just... seethes. He'd told Dave that he couldn't protect him from Snow, and then he'd... gone and done that. It was just. What the fuck was he thinking?

And then to treat Rose like that? It was just screwed up, and he was kinda pissed off. But he took a few deep breaths. He had a kid in front of him to tend to, and he couldn't lose his temper and go off and punish Dave without first making sure she's okay. So finally, he lifts his head back up and looks at her.]

I just don't want you to think that just because... y'know. [He means the fact that you've only known he's your dad for a little while.] That I'm playing favourites or something. That he's gonna get off easy, or that I don't care. Because I do.

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[seeringlight]

[Rose just speaks in a slight deadpan. She's totally over it. Except she's totally not.]

Teenagers do dumb things all the time. Your son was being exceptionally dumb and compromised more than just himself, that's all. No harm done. I don't really care at this point. I have classes to worry about and better things to do with my time.

If you want to do that, be my guest.

[Best way to deflect. Just be her snooty self. She's good at this one!]

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[plushaeusrumpified]

Rose...

[He takes in a breath, letting it out slowly. This wasn't going well. At all. But what did he expect, really? He didn't know. Fuck. He kinda felt like a really shitty dad right now.]

I've had enough experiences with Lalondes, y'know.

[He's trying to avoid specifically comparing her to Roxanne...]

I know you're pissed at him. Or hurt. Both? Probably both. Because y'know what? You're also a Strider and I'd be pissed as hell and upset too. You don't have to hide it. Especially not when you're talking to me.

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[seeringlight]

Last I checked, my mother had different ways of dealing with things.

[Rose was bristling a bit. She was trying so hard to not be like her mother, that she just forgets how much she's still similar to her. It's more so just her still being young and dumb.]

I'm not hurt. There's no need for me to be hurt. We've merely been acquaintances and it was only coming to school did we finally know of our blood being of the same. I need not be offended because he decided to pull a rather stupid stunt. [She cares and it just upsets her that she cares and that it doesn't seem like her caring matters.] But yes, I'm fairly angry at him, to say the least.