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It is so good to be home! I've been so busy spending time with Zakuro and family and the staff, I'd forgotten to write in this in forever! Zakuro told us all about Durmstrang, and her classmates and teachers. It sounds interesting, but not as fun as Hogwarts. Plus if I went to Durmstrang, I'd have to speak German, and that's no fun. It's such a mean sounding language. Not when Zakuro speaks it, of course, but from everyone else. I'm glad I don't have to speak it.
Milan is still the same. It's still sticky and hot and crowded in the streets. Muggles still walk close to the back of the Palazzo, though the gates prevent them from coming close to the front. Now when I watch them, though, I feel like I understand them more. I know what those boxes they talk into are, and why they have string in their ears.
Zakuro wonders why I still watch them. She says she thought the fascination would wear off when I understood them better. But now I just find them more interesting! I wonder what music they're listening to on their strings, or who they're talking to on their boxes. I want to get a box so I can talk with them!
Of course I don't tell Zakuro that. She might tell mi Zio, and then I would be in big trouble.
And Fujin is coming to visit! I'm very excited; it can get very boring here in the Palazzo. Even after studying and playing games with the house elves, eventually there's nothing left to do. It'll be nice to have someone to spend time with again.
We'll be going to Napoli in about a week! I can't wait; Napoli is so much prettier than Milan. I know Rufus will enjoy it too; I don't like to let him out to fly around Milan all that often. There are other owls in Milan, of course, especially in the cathedrals, but most of them are much smaller than Rufus, so he tends to draw attention in the city. In Napoli he'll be able to fly by the sea at night, where no one will see him, and he can play and hide among the cliffs. I know he'll like that.
I wonder if Mama and Papa will stop by for a visit soon. They said they'd come by soon after the end of the school year, but so far they haven't had time. It'd be nice for them to get to meet Fujin! I just hope they don't ask about her lineage....
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I did receive a letter from Papa and Mama soon after returning. They are still very disappointed in my lack of progress reports. They said my last report was an improvement, but not a great one. Again they said how well Zakuro has been doing. She told me about her progress too, all the suspects she'd determined and the research she'd done. She was really excited about it. I could tell because her voice rose almost above a monotone. She wanted to know about my progress, so I told her the same stuff I put on my last report to Papa and Mama. Most of the stuff on that report was made up though....
I miss Drizzt. I wish he could come visit me. I brought up the subject of Drow to lo Zio to see his reaction; he said they were as big a stain on the Earth's creatures as the Giants, and that he spit on their entire species. Then he actually spit, at the ground, though his man elf caught it. So I guess having Drizzt over wouldn't be such a good idea. It's too bad; I really do miss him.
I wonder if I could go visit him. Maybe if I told Zia he was a pureblood Wizard, and that his parents were Aurors....
Milan is still the same. It's still sticky and hot and crowded in the streets. Muggles still walk close to the back of the Palazzo, though the gates prevent them from coming close to the front. Now when I watch them, though, I feel like I understand them more. I know what those boxes they talk into are, and why they have string in their ears.
Zakuro wonders why I still watch them. She says she thought the fascination would wear off when I understood them better. But now I just find them more interesting! I wonder what music they're listening to on their strings, or who they're talking to on their boxes. I want to get a box so I can talk with them!
Of course I don't tell Zakuro that. She might tell mi Zio, and then I would be in big trouble.
And Fujin is coming to visit! I'm very excited; it can get very boring here in the Palazzo. Even after studying and playing games with the house elves, eventually there's nothing left to do. It'll be nice to have someone to spend time with again.
We'll be going to Napoli in about a week! I can't wait; Napoli is so much prettier than Milan. I know Rufus will enjoy it too; I don't like to let him out to fly around Milan all that often. There are other owls in Milan, of course, especially in the cathedrals, but most of them are much smaller than Rufus, so he tends to draw attention in the city. In Napoli he'll be able to fly by the sea at night, where no one will see him, and he can play and hide among the cliffs. I know he'll like that.
I wonder if Mama and Papa will stop by for a visit soon. They said they'd come by soon after the end of the school year, but so far they haven't had time. It'd be nice for them to get to meet Fujin! I just hope they don't ask about her lineage....
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I did receive a letter from Papa and Mama soon after returning. They are still very disappointed in my lack of progress reports. They said my last report was an improvement, but not a great one. Again they said how well Zakuro has been doing. She told me about her progress too, all the suspects she'd determined and the research she'd done. She was really excited about it. I could tell because her voice rose almost above a monotone. She wanted to know about my progress, so I told her the same stuff I put on my last report to Papa and Mama. Most of the stuff on that report was made up though....
I miss Drizzt. I wish he could come visit me. I brought up the subject of Drow to lo Zio to see his reaction; he said they were as big a stain on the Earth's creatures as the Giants, and that he spit on their entire species. Then he actually spit, at the ground, though his man elf caught it. So I guess having Drizzt over wouldn't be such a good idea. It's too bad; I really do miss him.
I wonder if I could go visit him. Maybe if I told Zia he was a pureblood Wizard, and that his parents were Aurors....