Order Only: Private message to Hermione and Draco

[alt_harry]

I hate being in Buckingham.

I hate the smell, I hate the food, I hate my bed, I hate the way people tiptoe around because they're so terrified of my Father. Including me.

Anyway, I spent today wandering around looking for horcruxes. What was the thing Mrs Longbottom mentioned, that Dumbledore gave you? Or gave her? If I can get to 12GP can you lend it to me?

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[alt_hermione]

Maybe not too differently.... I mean, it wasn't something most people would notice. He certainly didn't cluck over her like some people in the Order have done. And it's not as if he asked her anything personal, so I can't say he was being particularly nice to her. Though in some ways I think even asking her to talk about things that have nothing to do with her was an act of kindness (which is...not much different from how he's normally kind to people, you know, in that sort of backward way he has). Maybe I'm not even sure why he felt she needed that sort of attention.

Unless it's because she seems to need that sort of attention.

[alt_harry]

I think people wanted to fuss over you and Draco, last summer. The main reason they didn't is they were a little bit afraid if they tried, you'd remove their entrails through their nostrils.

No one's the least bit frightened of Siz, though.

And, I think you're right that she likes being fussed over. (More than you or Draco, anyway.)