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[lumenrelegandus]

- [color key: Tonks, Lupin] -

[filtered again to Arthur, Byakuya, Hermione, Hughes, Lust, Merlin, Shirley, Trevor[ Video on: picture shadowed. Shadow lifts as Lupin finishes setting the forge down and moves away from it. He leans back and the light exposure adjusts. Viewscreen focuses on Tonks and Lupin both looking into it. Behind them is the

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[thenobledie]

[ video as usual but shirley is nowhere in sight, and the picture is that of a room. tidy but plain. there are several books about, and there are several weapons about, too. mostly knives and swords. shirley's voice is quiet. ]

I will not attend her several days.

[ what she really means is she won't be in the clinic at all for several days. ]

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[lumenrelegandus]

[which he'll entirely fail to pick up on]

You don't need to attend her at all, if you don't wish to. We take responsibility. It's enough you brought her there. Your very presence in the Clinic strengthens its protection and we linked the wards into that.

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[thenobledie]

[ a deep sigh. a sound of faint amusement. and without so much as a word, the feed cuts. ]

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[lumenrelegandus]

[Instantly realises he hasn't yet thanked her for… everything; even the bits they could be angry at each other for, but he doesn't feel it; having some sense of what it may be like for her to have been pulled into all these doings from a world and a plane not her own. But he doesn't try to reestablish a link when she clearly doesn't want it now. It'll keep until the next time they can talk.]

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[supercilious]

A better prison.

[ Spectacularly neutral. ]

I'm not sure any of you are removed enough from this situation to be her gaolers, let alone her carers.

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[lumenrelegandus]

[unabashedly socratic]

Granted. Is there an available alternative we might find preferable?

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[supercilious]

Christ I miss Sakura.

[ Since Shirley obviously won't. ] Ask Raphael, perhaps.

[ A doctor, with connections to the supernatural, and no ties to Bellatrix? It's not that Arthur especially trusts him, but he's convenient. ]

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[lumenrelegandus]

[that shouldn't feel like a slap. Lupin keeps his reaction to a (still genuine) rueful smile]

So do I.

That's an excellent idea. [Not only no ties, Raphael may also be one of the only people in Anatole with no firsthand interaction with Bellatrix, or her doings, at all.]

It will be a group effort in any case. Whatever "it" proves to be. We can seek help but can't exactly foist this responsibility on anyone else. My hope… [sighs] No, won't try to predict. The best I can do is shed all previous attitudes and see what happens next.

I know it's hard to trust that that really is my intent. I hope you can.

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[sonvisage]

Perhaps you should go back in a second time. Leave her with no memories at all, just to be sure.

[ She directs her irritation where she thinks it should be. Bellatrix. But it's no small feat. Seeing the two of them together like this, at this time in particular is just. :l ]

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[wotchesyou]

Memory charms were never a specialty of mine.

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[lumenrelegandus]

[his eyes flicker to Io, as usual too perceptive by half. But for the moment he can only address by trying to meet her eyes.]

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[sonvisage]

[Have some linefacing of the highest order, Remus. She does remember how to do this after all. Who knew!

She'll hold his gaze evenly, with a casual break just before addressing Tonks.]

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[sakurabito]

Will it be enough?

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[lumenrelegandus]

Oh, I entirely doubt it. This certainly isn't an ending. I'm not sure to do now but wait and see what next may begin. And try to be prepared for it.

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[poweroflegend]

Well done.

What of her victims? Are they being cared for?

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[wotchesyou]

[ If any are left alive... ]

Bellatrix's? We'll find them and we'll help them.