adding up hours to her demise, she counts herself to sleep.
Suspected Dead. Suspected dead. No...wait. Put the emphasis somewhere else. Suspected dead. Nobody knows. I bet they didn't even bother looking. I bet they just shrugged and went 'oh, c'est la guerre' (dammit, I'm picking up Delame's habit of random French) and moved on. Well, I'm not giving up on Caradoc. I'll keep waiting, I'll keep searching.
Hm. I wonder. Those magazines the homeless guys always hassle me with when I decide to go on a walk at lunchtime have missing people ads in (I usually end up buying them, the guilt gets the better of me). Someone in the muggle world might have seen him. So I'll start there. As searching the magical world is difficult, but looking all over the country (because he could well be anywhere) is a different task entirely.
I'm not going to give up on him. Not until there's evidence one way or another. In the meantime, there's work (that's going to be ohsofun to go back to) and Delame had a good idea for once, but he wants me to be the one to suggest it and him and dad'll organise it. Strange man....a little like the blanket he left on our washing line. Dad and him seemed to get on, though, which is a bonus.
And he did what I'd always hoped he'd do when he said he was leaving. He'd be there when we needed him. I knew it. I believed in him, and I believe in Caradoc. We'll find him.
I'm not going to wallow in this, I'm going to do something.
Ladies and Gentlemen. I come to you all with a proposal.
My dad, a friend of ours, and myself have decided to set up a sort of discussion/support group I wish someone would have told me what it was supposed to be called... for people who have lost loved ones in the war. It will be politically neutral and everyone is welcome. All three of us have lost people in the war and found it easier to talk to people who have similar experiences as well as our friends and family. This group is for discussing the emotional and practical difficulties after losing someone, for those people who know someone who has gone missing, we can discuss the best way of looking for them and just for making new friends. I emphasise: Politics are not going to be discussed.
The first meeting will be in St James' Church Hall, Cardiff at 7pm. We'll probably discuss a better place to meet at the first meeting - you know, somewhere more convenient for everyone. There'll be free drinks and snacks, too. Because they're always good. Suggestions are welcome. Contact me, Mr Llachlan Jones or M. Abime Delame with any questions.
In other news. Thanks, Abime for the blanket. Just why you thought I needed a blanket with a picture of a skinny Ukrainian seeker on it, I'll never know, but thanks for recycling the magazines anyway. I do wonder, though, if I put it in the washer, will it turn to paper pulp?
Finally, if anyone has seen Caradoc, contact me. Just in case.