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[lightsguide]

[ It's only slightlyunsettling to wake up with an unfamiliar lady calling you 'dear,' finding a little girl calling him 'daddy' next was the real kicker. As if Ron could ever spawn a child that looked like that. Actually, come to think of it, why was he even at that house and waking up in that bed anyways? Wasn't he last thrown into a dungeon of

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[doeofthehollow]

[...................ow. Lily is wincing on the other end.]

Dear God, my ears... Er... have you ever used a phone before? There's really no need to shout down the receiver.

[lightsguide]

OF COURSE I HAVE. HOW ELSE WOULD I KNOW HOW TO USE IT NOW?

[doeofthehollow]

[holding phone a few inches from her ear now] You can lower your voice. Everyone will still be able to hear you, I promise.

[lightsguide]

Are you sure? I mean, 'everyone' has to be a lot of people. What if the ones I want to hear me are extremely far away?

[doeofthehollow]

[phone back to ear] Then you can stick your head out the window and yell that way. The funny thing about telephones is that they can help you communicate with people in different parts of a town or opposite ends of a country.

But yes, I am very sure that everyone who you talk to on the telephone can hear you, no matter which street they live on here.

[lightsguide]

Oh, I don't think I'm loud enough to be heard from the window. At least not without a sonorous. And that really is a funny thing, it almost sounds brilliant even.

How far away are you?

[doeofthehollow]

...Sonorous. [spell incantation pinged her now] You're a wizard, aren't you?

It depends how far from 1646 Albright Lane you are.

[lightsguide]

Ye-- Wait, who wants to know?

[Albright lane, that sounds familiar. The address on the mail, this would make them practically neighbours. ] Probably not too far.

[doeofthehollow]

Um... my name's Lily Potter. And you are? [She's already stunned a few people with her existence... will she add one more to the list?]

[lightsguide]

[ Yup, definitely another name to add to that list. Gasp! Shock. Whuuuu? ]

'Lily Potter'? You, ah, wouldn't by any chance have married a James Potter and had a boy named Harry Potter, would you?

[doeofthehollow]

Er... yes. That would be me. [No matter how many times she tries explaining this, it never gets easier. This must be why there are no spells to revive the dead... it's too complicated for all involved to deal with.]

[lightsguide]

Oh.

[He's at a lost for words to say because, how exactly are you supposed to greet your best friend's dead mother? 'Nice to meet you, Ma'am' didn't seem adequate. ]

I'm Harry's best mate, that is, Ron Weasley is. I mean, I'm Ron. Ron Weasley, and I'm Harry's... have you met him? Of course you've met him, he's your son. I, uh, hello, Mrs. Potter.

[doeofthehollow]

It's nice to talk to you, Ron. I actually have met Harry... here, I mean. Like, properly met him... several days ago. [sob why is there no book on this sort of thing?]

Er... you wouldn't happen to be related to Molly, would you?

[lightsguide]

It's... nice to talk to you to. [ do you know that you're dead? or are you haunting the wrong teenager. Over the phone. ] You met Harry... Wait, is he all right? I mean, is he still... did he, uh. I don't know how to even ask this.

And yes, I'm her son.

[doeofthehollow]

[she knows she's supposed to be dead 8(] Did he what? Just ask it a little bit at a time.

You must be one of her younger ones then. I knew your uncles, Gideon and Fabian Prewett. They loved talking about their little nephews.

[lightsguide]

I don't even know how to start. I've never been in such a situation before, uh, are you... haunting my phone by any chance?

And yeah, I am. I'm the sixth son. [and he's choosing not to mention never meeting her uncles because they're supposed to be dead too. unless they're NOT D:]