loyalotter | 3rd Gryffindor Note

[Okay, she can't help it this time. She laughs a little bit.] But I didn't want to.

[Again, you're just confusing him. Though he has to admit, she's a bit more tolerable when she's laughing] I don't think I'll understand you no matter what I do.

[She's still smiling, but at least she doesn't look like she's trying not to laugh at him.] I guess it's just a fundamental difference between us.

Amongst other things, I guess. [Ducks his head back down to look at the fish, but he's still grinning slightly despite himself. Damn.] Granted there are far more differences than just that.

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Well yes, but we weren't discussing those at the time. [And she's not really sure she wants to go there, so she just keep smiling and messing with the grass.]

[Grabs one of the fish by the tail, holding it back and watching it struggle a bit] Things have changed since we were eleven, haven't they? [Eventually lets the fish go and watches it swim]

[She frowns slightly, more at the treatment of the fish than the question posed.] They have. For better and for worse.

[Well if it makes her feel better, when the fish comes back, he kind of pets it with two of his fingers] ...I don't understand. [And that just reveals everything he's been mixed up on. He doesn't understand why he's here, he doesn't understand his upbringing anymore, he doesn't understand why he's changing, he doesn't understand Hermione, Myuria, Hisoka, or anyone who's been civil and gotten through to him. He just doesn't understand.]

[She just kind of looks at him for a moment, then tucks her knees up and rests her chin on them. That's a hard one to decipher, Draco.] Do you remember what I told yo... about believing there's good in people?

[Better to keep looking at the fish instead of Hermione. This isn't an easy conversation for him] Yeah. What about it?

[No, it isn't and it's probably only going to get worse.] I believe that of you. You don't deserve what they did to you. [and she does truly believe that, in spite of everything that's happened over the last... six and a half years.]

...I don't need you feeling sorry for me. I was chosen. [He's just having a hard time accepting everything really, but it's starting to get through. Slowly.]

[They've been down that path before. She doesn't answer it.] The differences here compared to what we're used to from home are bound to change who we are. I don't see how we could stay the same after being in a place like this.

[He's not that willing to just embrace this change] Are you suggesting I've changed then?

Maybe you have. We aren't from the same timelines, so it's difficult to say exactly, but you were changing already when I left home. Maybe Luceti is simply speeding that up.

[...and now for some honesty] People here...they don't care about bloodlines or family names. Some of them...they're more interested in personal things and the well-being of people. Most of them are insufferable, but some of them seem to get it. They don't care about what's happened; they want to do things to help.

[She's going to try really hard not to mess this up now. She listens closely, staring down at the water now. Whoever did this, she's going to have to thank them someday. This is what she's been trying to tell him for years.] I don't suppose it matters to them. They don't know what blood-purity means in our world. The important thing is to have people you can trust, who won't judge you on past mistakes or something you can't change about yourself.

Who said anything about trusting them? Just because they're more open and accepting doesn't mean I can trust them. They're just more tolerable than most people and they understand what I'm saying. [He's not going to willingly tell her who these people are, but it's not hard if she knew where to look]

[She can see right through you, Draco.] It's a start. Friendship takes time. [Says the girl whose two best friends only because so after they made fun of her, locked a troll in a bathroom with her, and then saved her life.]

I guess so. [He doesn't have a good argument for that one. Touche, Hermione.] It's still strange.

Maybe you should get used to it.

And if I refuse?

[She shrugs.] Make of it what you will, but it'll be harder to get answers.

...I still stand by what I said, you know. As soon as Scarhead and the Weasel show up, this will all disappear. Hell, even when we go back it'll disappear too.

Not if I have anything to say about it... [She glances at him, though.] Are you saying you'll start ignoring me if they show up?

[action] - indeeeed~ XD

[action] - And it appears that you have more space for more icons o/

[action] - I do.. I just have to go hunting again |D;

[action] I'd check 100potter and hpicons really :o They spam with Hermione/Emma icons

[action] Ooohh I will do so! Thanks!

[action] Welcome <333 I know there's a LOT of Hermione sets lately

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[action] GO STELLA GO! /waits for new pics to show up

[action] \o/ XD got one already!

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