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Hullo,

I say, I'm sorry I wasn't able to revise yesterday afternoon. I trust it needs little explanation, after that disastrous Charms lesson, what?

I do hope neither of you are still suffering any after-effects. Luckily for me, Madam Pomfrey anticipated that I might need an alternative to Pepper-Up at some point this term, what, and she had concocted a preparation for me. Unfortunately, it bally well knocked me flat for almost eighteen hours! I slept straight through luncheon and supper both.

But I thought we answered Professor Dolohov's questions well enough this morning, regardless, what? I'm happy to work together on Wednesday if you like. This Friday I do have plans, however.

-Finch-Fletchley

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alt_seamus

Apparently my dorm mates can't manage to mind their own business. Or F-F either, for that matter.

From:

alt_padma

What? What do you mean?

What did he say to you?

From:

alt_seamus

He wanted to know about the boggart.

Of course he didn't ask directly, can you imagine F-F being direct about anything at all? He wanted to express his concerns, naturally, and if I'd dropped some information about it then so much the better.

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alt_padma

Ugh, I'm sorry. He tries to sound so sincere about things like that when really it's none of his business.

I mean, Weasley did blab about it in an open post but that was also to warn other people in case it took refuge somewhere else. (And it turns out Weaslette had a firstie encountering it in one of the Gryffindor girls' loos, so it's not even like he shouldn't have said anything.)

But you're doing better, right? I mean, don't let him bringing it up make you upset again.

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alt_seamus

No, I know. I mean, it was reasonable to tell people.

And yeah, I'm doing better.

You know the really weird thing, though? It was Longbottom who banished it, and he didn't even come to the boggart lesson third year, he was in the hospital wing that day.

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alt_padma

You know, Malfoy used to have this mad theory that Longbum was secretly learning all sorts of Auror stuff from his parents, you know, over the holidays? And that he was really a spy and that all his clumsiness and being all naff at things was just a big act.

It's utterly mad to think of him learning anything, let alone learning it from his parents, but maybe he has some of their books and all.

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alt_seamus

I remember Malfoy saying that Longbottom was just faking being a clumsy idiot and really he was a lot cleverer than anyone suspected and not to be trusted.

I THOUGHT that was mad.

Maybe his boggart was just less upsetting than everyone else's? I wasn't the only one who couldn't get rid of it, Weasley couldn't either.

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alt_padma

Maybe. Well, I hope Finch-Fletchley has to face a Boggart sometime and we'll see how smug he is about it then.

Anyway, what were their Boggarts? You never said. Or did you all swear not to tell anyone? 'What happens in Gryffindor Tower stays in Gryffindor Tower' or something.

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alt_seamus

I didn't get a good look at Thomas's. Weasley saw Perks having a seizure or something. Maybe he was seeing her get cruciated? I don't know. I barely got a look at Longbottom's but it was an older man in a chair who looked really cross. And then he threw a pie in its face and that worked.

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alt_padma

Well, there, that explains why it was easy. I mean, from what I hear Weasley should have bigger fears than Perks getting Cruciated, but it's hard to make that ~~funnier~~ funny.

And obviously whatever Longbottom's afraid of pales in comparison to your nightmare. So it's no wonder you had trouble. Also, you probably never expected yours, so it took you by surprise.