Private message to Raz

[alt_rodolphus]

I saw that Duckie wrote, asking to come by your office for tea. Did she come by? What happened?

The Missus was asking my opinion on Christmas gifts for her during our firechat this morning, so I think the freeze might soon be coming to an end. It's still plenty chilly, though, and Hydra's letters scarcely have enough lines to read between.

Those two are more alike that they realise - both are secretive as the grave.

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[alt_rabastan]

She came round. Twice now, actually. She's just now scurried out of here to work on her Charms.

You're right, it's hard to get much out of the girl. Much of anything that gets to the heart of the matter. She said everything is so lovely and chattered a little about Tevis and when I asked her if there was anything she wanted to talk about, she said she wanted to talk about me. How did I learn to duel? Was I allowed to have creatures when I was little? What's my favourite sweet? I took that as a hint to get out some tarts and cakes but she turned them down, said she ought not ruin her supper.

So what do you think? Did Bella really make her stand up and present herself as a failure to the whole school?