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Scorpius should really clean out his book bag more often. But it doesn't really occur for him to do so until he's digging through it, piling rubbish on the table before him, in search of a half-read letter from home he shoved in with his books that morning
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Albus had spotted Scorpius not too long ago and decided it'd only be polite to come and say 'hi'.
But one look at all of the items on the table, and he seems to have forgotten that momentarily.
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Note that Scorpius does not look up from the print-out while saying this, too fixated on graphics cards, processors, and hard drives and trying to figure out what it all means with a frown.
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You wouldn't catch Albus dead with a catastrophic book-bag mess like that.
... then he remembers that his room could use a good organizing (despite his mum's nagging), and shakes his head.
"Actually - er. All right. No judging here."
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He waves vaguely in the direction of the mess, indicating that Albus can just shove stuff aside if need be. He's not particularly worried about anything.
He scowls at the print-out.
"I haven't a clue what any of this means."
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"Forgot you had what?" Mia asks, trying to keep the wriggling Cepheus under control.
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Cepheus gets a mimicked (if silent) squeal in return and laugh from his half-brother once he looks up from the print-out.
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She comes closer to look at the print-out.
Cepheus reaches out towards Scorpius.
"You're getting wiggly, aren't you?" she asks the baby. "He's just about ready for solid food. He's getting so big."
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And at saying so, Scorpius reaches out to shake his brother's hand in greeting. (Or maybe he wants the paper? It sometimes hard to tell these things with babies.)
"And I think I'll ask someone I know about these, next time I see her."
If he doesn't forget or get distracted kittens again, that is.
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They've met in Milliways, of course, once before, but he was older than and wouldn't know.
"I suppose some people around here might know it, but, uhm, right. Hi."
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She remembers that meeting but is also sure he's younger.
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Albus' mum. (The younger version, anyway. Like his dad.) Interesting.
"- Hi. I'm Scorpius. Scorpius Malfoy."
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She watches him unpack with a grin, alternatively amused and kind of fascinated by what he unearths.
"I've always been more of a Dell-girl myself," she comments, going for helpful and not 'Hi, I was watching you.' She still feels relatively awkward and new at his magical Bar stuff sometimes. "But my friend Paige swears by the MacBook Pro."
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But - turning the page over to check the back, just in case - there are no mention of Dells or Dell-girls and his frown deepens with more confusion.
"Uhm. Dell-girl?"
The look he gives the girl is something between what did you say and oh dear Merlin please help I've no idea what I'm doing and oh hi.
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Which - yeah, no dice. New plan.
She bounces back quickly enough, flashing a (going for reassuring) grin and fluttering a hand in the vague direction of his information sheet, "How much do you know about computers?"
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"I don't know much about them at all, actually. Only that you can have notes, pictures, and music on them," he ticks off, remembering what Parker had to say about them. "I definitely remember the music."
He shrugs, somewhat sheepishly. "Bar gave me this. We don't have computers where I'm from. Or we do, but they're mostly only used by Muggles."
Uhm.
"Non-magic folk, that is," he adds, knowing from experience that not everyone knows what Muggle means at Milliways.
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