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[sacrificemyself]

[It isn't that he's just noticed that a certain someone is missing, but he was sort of hoping that she'd turn up of her own accord before long. It's been far too long for her to have just fallen asleep in the library or some such nonsense, though, and all of her stuff is still in her rom, so... something's up, and it's clear by the sound of his

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[hisdarkmark]

...so they took both of them? [It's more of an observation, really, and he's mostly testing to see how Ron will react to that. Not that he wants to admit he was actively looking for either Potter or Granger, but if Ron says they're gone it's okay.]

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[sacrificemyself]

[He really doesn't want to be civil with Malfoy, but he's not going to be the one to start this fight. Intentionally.] The three of them. Mrs. Pot-... Lily's gone, too. The house is awful quiet.

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[hisdarkmark]

You're joking. [Of course he wouldn't have noticed Lily's disappearance but...it would explain a few things.] Suppose it's only a matter of time before you or I get taken, and I've already served my dues.

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[sacrificemyself]

[Sulky Ron is sulky.] Don't get your hopes up.

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[hisdarkmark]

It's not like this is the first time this has happened. They seem to take a particular interest in wizards. [And in certain girls he's friends with that are replicas.]

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[sacrificemyself]

Yeah? They've taken everybody before?

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[hisdarkmark]

Usually not at the same time like this, but everyone's been taken at least once or twice.

Haven't you?

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[sacrificemyself]

... no. Not yet.

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[hisdarkmark]

...you haven't? [He actually sounds genuinely surprised. But then it clicks that maybe he's thinking of when Ron was around previously before he permanently disappeared. That's logical. Still...]

Okay, then clearly you are next.

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[sacrificemyself]

[There's a soft sound that would be a growl, if he had reason to growl, but instead is more of an irritated groan.] Or maybe I'll just disappear altogether again. You'd prefer that, wouldn't you?

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[hisdarkmark]

Not necessarily. If you disappeared entirely, I'd have to listen to all of them bemoan the loss.

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[sacrificemyself]

[He pauses, and when he speaks, it sounds as though he's not just talking about Luceti.] You could always just stay away from them. But either way, it isn't as though they never had to go on without me.

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[hisdarkmark]

I think you're forgetting the part in which they seem to come to me.

...ah, that's right. You've left them before, haven't you? Back home, when they needed you most. She told me about that. [Not in detail or anything, but Ron doesn't need to know that.]

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[sacrificemyself]

Yeah, was that the time when, a few weeks later, you stood by and watched your aunt all but cut her open and didn't do a bloody thing for us.

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[hisdarkmark]

I could have easily sold you out. Perhaps I should have.

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[sacrificemyself]

Please, don't act like you were doing us a favor. If you had any balls at all, you would have told your dad a simple 'yes' or 'no' when he asked about Harry. It's fucking war, Malfoy; choose your goddam side and stick with it. [Sympathy? From Mr. Black-and-White? Never gonna happen.]