[ Better her than him, even if it's awkward no matter what. For the safety and sanity of the ship, it's best that Severus honor the cease-fire as best he can, and he knows that so much as speaking to Black would be enough to set something off.
When he reads her remark, he exhales a brief humorless laugh. ] It's like that at home, too, most of the time.
[ Wizarding UK is fun. The lift doors open. ]
You can tell him I was a prick about it, if that'll help.
[ He doesn't say that's what Sirius will believe anyway, but it's there unspoken. Severus does surely want Black to fall out of a thirty story window into a pit of starving sharkeels and Bellatrix Lestrange, but mostly, he wants to continue living without anyone harassing him. It's much less of a strain on his temper that way. ]
[She knows a lot of their rivalry, and she knows that it's not blameless - on either side - but she doesn't care. She was willing to bring herself, to care, once, but so much of this just seems exhausting, ceaseless and tiring. She knows it exhausts Sirius, too, but she can't figure out why he can't just let this go, why this is so important to him.
She takes a moment, silent.]
I don't think you need to have magic to witness people doing utterly stupid things.
[ Severus is grudging, hateful, bigoted and unfair and petty. But he's also in a position where he has to remind himself, daily, of the things he's promised. Would Dumbledore decide to send me to Azkaban after all? is a hypothetical that stays his hand or his sharp tongue with some frequency. In time he'll learn to trust Albus in that way, and thank him for it by abusing the privileges he has. For now, it's still too new and uncertain.
Especially with Lily here. ]
You're right. [ About her observation. Severus has only his world to draw from, but if this place is anything to judge by, people are definitely stupid everywhere. ]
If that's you sorted, I ought to go. I might stay to supervise, but I've got someone I need to meet.
[She gives him a nod and raises a hand in a farewell, before she turns, to find something better to do with her time than worry about violent mistletoe.]
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When he reads her remark, he exhales a brief humorless laugh. ] It's like that at home, too, most of the time.
[ Wizarding UK is fun. The lift doors open. ]
You can tell him I was a prick about it, if that'll help.
[ He doesn't say that's what Sirius will believe anyway, but it's there unspoken. Severus does surely want Black to fall out of a thirty story window into a pit of starving sharkeels and Bellatrix Lestrange, but mostly, he wants to continue living without anyone harassing him. It's much less of a strain on his temper that way. ]
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We'll see how it goes.
[She knows a lot of their rivalry, and she knows that it's not blameless - on either side - but she doesn't care. She was willing to bring herself, to care, once, but so much of this just seems exhausting, ceaseless and tiring. She knows it exhausts Sirius, too, but she can't figure out why he can't just let this go, why this is so important to him.
She takes a moment, silent.]
I don't think you need to have magic to witness people doing utterly stupid things.
[No, that's not it. She amends.]
I mean every world, it feels the same, in a way.
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Especially with Lily here. ]
You're right. [ About her observation. Severus has only his world to draw from, but if this place is anything to judge by, people are definitely stupid everywhere. ]
If that's you sorted, I ought to go. I might stay to supervise, but I've got someone I need to meet.
[ Also, Sirius would probably deck him. ]
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