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OWL POST NO.2

STATUS: SENT AND RECEIVED.

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Dear Hermione,

          Do not widen your eyes in surprise upon receiving this. I have said that you shall be hearing from me, and this Stranger never breaks his word. Especially if it is made to a creature like you…..

           Is your rose-tinted life as peachy as ever? No worries, nothing, no one to haunt your dreams? How delightful, my dear. Now, about you.

          Have you never felt The Calling? An irresistible force offering your despondent soul an escapade? Well, I have, and I accepted the offer. Sad to say, it was a decision that I regret. Unfortunately, there is no way out of hell for me. Choose wisely, my dear. I was your age, when I immersed myself in the forbidden lore and company that led me to Him. You have your options nicely laid out in neat columns, but mine was scattered like corpses in a battlefield.

          Hermione Granger,

          You continue to astound me with your natural ability to invoke hatred and abhorrence. I've met the disgustingly unpleasant child, shook hands (a figure of speech) with an intolerably superior girl, and now, I'm just looking forward to meet the woman. Just to see what sort of abominable monster that you'll turn out to be.    

            When the Final Battle is over, and should I be freed from the sanguinary being whose head I bow to, I will still have one last task left. You have given me too much. That is a compliment, my dear. Not as much as Him, but I cannot dismiss you. You tore my dignity away, along with the scum that you live with. When all is over, we shall meet, eye to eye, face to face. It is then, that you will look at me and think of me as the author of your letters. Not as the broken, hated man that I am. If you consider this a threat, I will not oppose you.

         

Your Peregrinus.

Ps: Of course, if you're as smart as you claim to be, I would not remain your peregrinus for a long time…………

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*peregrinus means 'stranger'