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p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 24px; font-size: 18px; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 24px; padding: 0px; caret-color: #222222; color: #222222;" data-p-id="e4843737e2cec4c08dd26fbb9ba91a48""I have nothing to say regarding that..." he said clearly slightly offended or unbelieving. Maybe he thought there had to be some middle ground. There definitely was but he was yet to admit that and I was there on blind almost childlike belief that I was right and that I could see the light. Thank god I was right.../p
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p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 24px; font-size: 18px; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 24px; padding: 0px; caret-color: #222222; color: #222222;" data-p-id="c89af548a71a7f359ce3ee62607f304c""Don't expect me to take to easy on you tomorrow in Quidditch" he muttered into my ear jokingly./p
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