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Miranda is looking at wands. She wants two, but she isn't going to spring that on Ollivander until she's found a first one. This fir is not right. Neither is this birch, that stubby little rosewood, or this ebony. Hmm.
Aha!
This pine wand (phoenix feather core) likes her just fine. Sparks! Miranda pays seven Galleons for it and sticks it in her hair.
"Excuse me," she says, when Ollivander turns away.
"Mm?"
"May I have a look at some more wands?"
"Something wrong with the one you've got, Miss Swan?"
"No, sir, but please, I want a second one, in case this one gets lost or damaged."
"Planning on that, are you?"
"No one plans to lose things, I just -"
"Planning to mistreat the wand? Leave it lying around? Forget about it someplace, carelessly handle it -?"
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to-cast-a-shadow
Leo looks confused, then beams. For personal reasons.
"Come on, violent boy, let's go. You can change in the bathroom or something. And I can stand guard."
"Come on, violent boy, let's go. You can change in the bathroom or something. And I can stand guard."
power-in-the
"My name is Xan. Thanks for the cover. And your weird invisibility cloth thing. And yeah, okay, let's go."
They exit surreptitiously.
They exit surreptitiously.
planetarium
Karen briskly changes into her school robes. She opens the compartment door again while she is doing up her tie and goes back to her book.
power-in-the
Xan and Leo return somewhat later. Xan is wearing his robes over his jeans, which may be some kind of statement, but he is in fact wearing them.
"So, hi. Who actually are you guys? Specifically you, because Leo told me he's Leo."
planetarium
"I'm Karen Dwimmer," says Karen, sticking out her hand. "What's your name?"
power-in-the
He shakes her hand. "Xan. Xan Richards. Is 'Dwimmer' a common wizardy name, or?"
planetarium
"Not common exactly, we aren't a large family, but I don't know of any Muggles with the surname if that's what you mean?"
power-in-the
"...So, like, everybody with the same surname is related? Because my name is common because a bunch of different families have it."
planetarium
"There are a lot fewer wizards than Muggles," explains Karen. "There might be some Dwimmers who went to Canada long ago or something but it's an English name so if there were more here we'd probably know them."
planetarium
"You'll get used to it, I think," says Karen encouragingly. "One of my dad's friends is Muggleborn but I wouldn't have even known if he didn't tell me."
power-in-the
"Just sort of wish I could get the magic without getting dropped into some weird fantasyland full of dead people and racism."
power-in-the
"Yeah, we do. We just haven't had any civil wars that killed half our own country recently. You people are apparently one year out of Wizard War II."
power-in-the
"Well, yes. If it wasn't, I'd've fucked off to Australia or somewhere. But it's still not what I'd call a barrel of laughs. I can tell you right now that if I'd gone to Hamilton I wouldn't be taking class with the Allied Forces."
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"They were like the Muggle equivalent of the people that fought against Grindelwald," explains Leo.
power-in-the
"Oh, hey, you've got primary school history education. How'd that happen?"
to-cast-a-shadow
Leo blushes intensely. "Dad- Dad's a Muggle Studies professor. He taught us about stuff."
planetarium
"My primary school didn't cover Muggles more or less at all. Mum thought it ought to, but neither of my parents really knew enough to fill in."
planetarium
"Well, she thinks we should expect to be interacting with Muggles more as time goes on," says Karen.