Owl, lightly warded, to Camilla Macaulay

[richardthegreek]

backdated to just after Richard's sorting

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*heavily warded reply*

[c_macaulay]

Richard --

that's lovely; congratulations! Of course I'll come to meet you. Are you in Ravenclaw after all? their common room is I'll meet you somewhere else, shall I? We can dine in the Great Hall; do you know where that is?

- C.

Re: *heavily warded reply*

[richardthegreek]

Camilla,

I haven't been there yet, no, but I'll find it. What time?

- Richard

Re: *heavily warded reply*

[c_macaulay]

Richard --

Why, what time do you usually eat dinner? Seven is good, I think. I'll send a house-elf to show you the way.

- C.

Re: *heavily warded reply*

[richardthegreek]

Camilla,

That's fine. I have a meeting with Henry in the afternoon, but we should be well finished by then.

- Richard

[c_macaulay]

Just as she promised, Camilla sent a house elf round to fetch Richard. He might be capable of alarming and surprising things, but Hogwarts had a way of shifting its geography and she doubted he'd yet be acclimated to that. She was already waiting at one of the long tables in the Great Hall; hardly intimate. Privacy, though, could be had using wards, and he would know that, as she'd already done it once, at his Sorting.

She waved when she caught sight of him. "Over here," and she was smiling.

[richardthegreek]

I followed the odd little elf into the Great Hall, and saw Camilla smiling and waving. I smiled. She was lovely, as always. I went to her, and sat down.

"Hi," I grinned. I leaned in to give her a brief kiss on the cheek as a greeting. "How are you?"

[c_macaulay]

"Curious," she said, smiling, and gestured to the seat beside her. "How did it go? What did you think?"

[richardthegreek]

"Of Henry? It went fine. Why?" I looked down, and saw that the plates before us had bloomed, literally, with food. I was amused. "Does it always do that?"