"Oh."

"Perhaps soon everybody will be marrying Muggles, inspired by how happy we evidently are."

Giggle. Kiss.

Kiss. With three kids they get less time for kissing than he would like!

And indeed soon Jeremy calls her away.

Karen sends Genevieve a box of croissants (and a spell to heat them up good as new) and a description of the train of thought that led to them. The croissants are pretty good.

You are magnificent, proclaims Stoller's letter in return, and I'm sure your baby brother's lovely, I formed my butterlump impression without seeing any brown babies at all.

Aaaaaaaah!

Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaah!

Does she maybe want to come see Benjamin sometime he is not really a baby baby any more but he is still pretty small!

I'd be delighted! I can get away most weekends (at least this fall; spring I'm told I'll be drowning in O.W.L. prep.)

AAAAAAAAH

I still have my notes from fifth year!

Oooooh! If it were for a study break I could probably sneak away even in the spring.

My schedule looks like this - It doesn't have that many weekends free because Timothy keeps needing a date to things but there are some.

And on one of them Stoller will show up, hug Karen, and meet Benjamin, who she pronounces not remotely buttery.

"I was this morning!" Benjamin announces.

"He got into the kitchen," Karen explains. "And hid from the elves for fifteen minutes waiting for an opening."

"Butter doesn't even taste very good on its own!"

"He didn't eat it, he smeared it all over himself," Karen says.

"It's like the hair potion!"

"It is not like the hair potion at all."

"Does one smear the hair potion all over themself?"

"One does not," says Karen. "It's for hair."

"I missed," says Benjamin.

"Did you want more hair?"

"It's to calm down the texture," Karen explains. "Not for growing more hair."

"I was wooly," says Benjamin.

"And then you were buttery, then soapy, then you got real hair potion," says Karen.

Giggle. "I think your hair looks really nice. Potion?"

"Yeah, I use the same one."

"Can I touch?"

Aaaaaaah "sure!"

She plays with Karen's hair. She stands on tiptoes to lean into Karen's hair. "It's so soft!"