This Could be the End of Everything So Why Don't we go Somwhere Only We Know

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Another one came, another poem. This time, it was Keats. Keats is always gorgeous, and La Belle Dame Sans Merci is no exception... but it is a curious choice, isn't it? The Beautiful Lady Without Mercy... Beautiful, well, that's an opinion, but I've never considered myself to be merciless. Well, there is.. no, that's absurd. Perhaps I'm

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[shes_a_dorcas]

I take it James is friends with a marshmallow?

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It's his best friend, I'm afraid. It was almost depressing when he ate him at the end of rounds.

Fluffy black dog, actually.

[shes_a_dorcas]

Aw. Sounds adorable.

Just how did he get into Hogwarts anyway? Are we allowed dogs here?

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I know, it really was.

No, we aren't, actually. I've no idea how he got him here. He apparently came for a visit, but I'm not sure how that worked out. Can't really owl a dog, can you?

[shes_a_dorcas]

Maybe his fluffy doggie is also a genius.

Supposedly, it happens. My great-uncle Augustus likes to tell the story of his dog that could sort Howlers out of his post and destroy them on command. (Though, between you and me, I'm not sure how much truth there is to it.)

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Clearly. What other explanation is there?

Ah, I see. I can't say I've ever had a dog like that. But I did have a dog who used to bark at my sister and freak her out, which, one might argue, is far more practical.