Private Message to Aurora

[alt_pomona]

Auri, dear,

Please enjoy your time outside the castle and don't feel guilty about it in the slightest.

You need it and I'll wager your lad does too.

It will be good to have you back for the ceremony on Sunday, I must admit.

Mina will be there as well, but I'll be grateful for all the support I can muster.

And she wasn't he

Comments

[alt_sinistra]

There are days when one can only hope the rest of the world has a very short memory, yes.

Speaking off - good grief, did you see Capper's rant? At least his siblings tried to talk him down in the comments, though I think they've rather given up now too.

I know I tried my best, and he refused to pay any attention, but I admit I'm not looking forward to seeing Horace at supper tonight.

[alt_pomona]

I'd have some strong words with the boy if he were in my House, to be sure!

I wish I could disagree, but I'm afraid Horace is likely to be rather smug.

[alt_sinistra]

Septima's just been up, and she has had words with him, though what good it will do. (She also promises a note to forward to the YPL oversight board if they ask questions, confirming I'd made myself quite available if one considered the week to have more days than Tuesday afternoons and Saturdays. Which is something.)

On Horace, quite. And in all fairness, he does have some cause. I did rather dig in on Capper's behalf beyond good sense.

Ah, well. I will distract myself with thoughts of more pleasant tomorrows, see if Raz can't find some way to keep Horace occupied in conversation, and if I can't find some conversational topic he'd rather not interrupt with you or Bathsheba or Septima.

Smug looks are one thing, but smug conversation would be worse.

[alt_pomona]

Well, that wasn't so very bad, was it?

It seems the news about Dogstar quite vanquished every other topic of conversation.

And my point about our students and the public nature of their comments seems decidedly more, well, pointed.

I find Miss Patil challenging at times, but she did not deserve such a bruising set-down.

But enough talk of such things! Take your mind off to more pleasant matters, my dear.

[alt_sinistra]

Quite right what a distracting topic does to the staff table. (And by the time I'm back for a meal at supper on Sunday, Horace will likely have forgotten.)

And you have more than a hint of prescience. Miss Patil indeed. I am quite with you on both points. It does make me think we might need to have a word about the concepts of tact and thinking before journal-writing sometime soon.

As to pleasant matters - I should probably work more on my marking, but really, I'm going to pack for tomorrow, and then curl up with some material I'm reviewing. (I agreed to do a review of some research in exchange for where we'll be tomorrow night. Worth every minute, but I want to read through my locational arithmancy notes before I tackle it.)

On the other hand, I think that sort of thing's quite enjoyable, so.

But of course, keeping an eye on the journals in case something comes up I do need to pay attention to.