"In the meantime I'll have fun with evil metal balls and with securing Slytherin the Inter-House Quidditch Cup so that everyone loves me. All part of my diabolical plan. Mwa ha ha."

"I'm not sure everyone will love you if you win the Quidditch Cup."

"Well, not everyone, but the ones who currently think I'm scum are the Slytherins, being generally awesome's good but being specifically awesome at something they care about in particular is better."

"You'll probably make Gryffindors mad at you. Maybe some of the other houses too. But less as a Beater than if you were a Seeker, probably."

"Yeah, and I'm trying to get Slytherins to not hate me and be less horrible, I'm definitely not equipped to fix whatever Gryffindor's problems are."

"Good luck."

"Thanks!"

Willow shrugs. "I just wanna play, even if the game's dumb it's still fun."

"I can't claim to understand the sentiment. Flying around is fun, but you can just do that without the evil balls and the mad scoring system."

"Flying around is fun, but flying around chasing evil balls is more. Chasing evil balls without the flying would already be fun, so it's only fair that they compound!"

"I think you two and Miranda just have different ideas of fun!"

"Probably!"

"I think that's been clear for about a year now."

"But I can see both sides because I'm so great."

"So great," she nods.

"I'll just have to console myself with being right."

"Of course, because this is a factual, objective matter."

"I'm glad we can agree on that much."

"Riiiight, anyway my tryout's at 3, and they need a Beater and a Keeper."

"I'll be there!"

"Have fun."

"I might actually go watch. But I'll probably have a book."

"The first parts are actually kinda boring," she admits.

"Well, they might not all do the tryouts the same way. But yeah."

"Probably won't, but I can't imagine spending however long watching people try to be good Keepers will be the most engrossing of activities."