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In The Library

(Could Be Anyone)

"This shit is doing my head in!"

"Problems, mate?"

"Lethifolds. Never thought there'd be anything worse than a dementor."

"At least when dementors attack you're actually awake and know about it. How're you supposed to produce a patronus when you're asleep?"

"Buggered if I know ... there's a geezer here who reckons he was woken up by one once, said he felt it suck on his feet, but he couldn't see anything and thought he was dreaming."

"Really? What book are you reading?"

"Defending Against Certain Death."

"In Fantasic Beasts it said it went for this other blokes face. So what happened?"

"He almost fell asleep again ... weird ... but when it go up to his legs it started to hurt, so he did a partronus on the off chance and it went away."

"Nice."

"Dunno how I'm going to get 28 inches on it by Monday though."

oOo

"Can you really force change on someone who doesn't want it?"

"So what do I do? I can't just stand by and let it happen."

"Why not?"

"Because it's wrong! It's barbaric!"

"True. So what are you going to do about it?"

"You just told me that I can't force change on someone who doesn't want it."

"You could, but that would make you just as bad. Look at it from a different angle."

"Your kind of angle, you mean."

"If you like."

"Do you think that's possible?"

"Anything is possible."

"OK. Do you think that's probable?"

"Maybe not. What about meeting in the middle?"

"That's possible."

"Explain it to me. Why is it barbaric?"

"Do you even have to ask? You can't seriously think its RIGHT?"

"No. I agree with you completely. But I want you to tell me why YOU think it's barbaric."

"What will that achieve?"

"You're trying to solve a problem by looking at the end result. I think you need to look at the beginning."

"Logic versus Philosophy?"

"Exactly."

oOo

"D-13."

"No. C-22."

"No. D-14."

"Damn."

"B-24."

"No. A-12."

"Crap."

"A-20."

"No. F-17."

"Eh ... yeah."

"I'm winning, aren't I?"

"Might be."

"E-16."

"Oh, bloody hell. You win."

Because even in the wizarding world there are quiet days.