Well. For starters, she is incredibly private. Although I'm sure she's talked with Justin about what she thinks and feels, she certainly doesn't open up to just anyone. Not about personal things. Whenever I've tried to talk with her about herself, she clams right up.
There was that time when she was a first-year and she was doing all of those things because she was under the power of the journal. The entire time, she didn't tell a soul what was going on, and even now she doesn't like talking about it. I don't blame her, mind, but she keeps things under a rather tight lid.
And after that, I know she wrote the LP over the journals several times and met with him once. She doesn't talk about that either, but she seemed a bit obsessed at the time.
Whenever she punished herself by standing up in the Great Hall and making that announcement about how she wasn't worthy or something, I tried to get her to talk about it with me and to let her know I was sorry about it, but she just told me that she deserved it and didn't seem to want to talk further. And although she seems to want to be friendly with some of the other girls in other Houses, she doesn't extend herself.
So she keeps to herself. Which makes it really hard to tell what she's thinking. She's always been nice to me, but she keeps her distance, and she doesn't tend to share things about herself. It's all about surface things like pets and books and school.
And what Sally-Anne said, during her first year she had all these weird sorts of ideas like that because of what her mum said, and seemed to believe all of it. She seemed really young. And sort of... well, like she had no idea how the world really worked. And she's gotten a bit better about that, from what I see, but since she never really opens up about anything, short of what Justin's said, it's hard to tell whether she's just learned better to not show her hand, or if she still believes everything her mum ever said to her.
Until Justin got here, the people she'd talk to the most were Draco and Harry.
So the answer is, I'm not sure. I'm not calling you a liar, Justin, I'm just saying that she's never told me something I can use to confirm what your experiences have been. Although Sally-Anne has a point about warning her cousin about her mum. That's something.
I've asked the girls in the Tea Time group to let her in, sort of as a way of getting to know her better, so that might change. And if Justin's serious about wanting her under the lock, Sally-Anne and me can make more of an effort to get her to open up a bit so that we can help sort out better if she'd be fit for it.
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Date: 2012-04-15 02:46 am (UTC)There was that time when she was a first-year and she was doing all of those things because she was under the power of the journal. The entire time, she didn't tell a soul what was going on, and even now she doesn't like talking about it. I don't blame her, mind, but she keeps things under a rather tight lid.
And after that, I know she wrote the LP over the journals several times and met with him once. She doesn't talk about that either, but she seemed a bit obsessed at the time.
Whenever she punished herself by standing up in the Great Hall and making that announcement about how she wasn't worthy or something, I tried to get her to talk about it with me and to let her know I was sorry about it, but she just told me that she deserved it and didn't seem to want to talk further. And although she seems to want to be friendly with some of the other girls in other Houses, she doesn't extend herself.
So she keeps to herself. Which makes it really hard to tell what she's thinking. She's always been nice to me, but she keeps her distance, and she doesn't tend to share things about herself. It's all about surface things like pets and books and school.
And what Sally-Anne said, during her first year she had all these weird sorts of ideas like that because of what her mum said, and seemed to believe all of it. She seemed really young. And sort of... well, like she had no idea how the world really worked. And she's gotten a bit better about that, from what I see, but since she never really opens up about anything, short of what Justin's said, it's hard to tell whether she's just learned better to not show her hand, or if she still believes everything her mum ever said to her.
Until Justin got here, the people she'd talk to the most were Draco and Harry.
So the answer is, I'm not sure. I'm not calling you a liar, Justin, I'm just saying that she's never told me something I can use to confirm what your experiences have been. Although Sally-Anne has a point about warning her cousin about her mum. That's something.
I've asked the girls in the Tea Time group to let her in, sort of as a way of getting to know her better, so that might change. And if Justin's serious about wanting her under the lock, Sally-Anne and me can make more of an effort to get her to open up a bit so that we can help sort out better if she'd be fit for it.