Prompt: Ostranenie – defamiliarization
Fandom: Harry Potter
I couldn't help but shudder as I look up at the giants that passed by me, yet I continued to push on. I was looking for Hagrid and I wasn't going to let the mass of tables, chairs, feet and ale cups stop me.
It was marvellous really, seeing such everyday things in a larger perspective.
This made me reflect upon the fair skins of our English ladies, who appear so beautiful to us, only because they are of our own size, and their defects not to be seen through a magnifying glass, where we find by experiment that the smoothest and whitest skins look rough and course, and ill colored.
The words rung in my mind as I gazed upon the giants once more, cringing as I see every little detail up close as I dodge another falling cup.
"Calm down Hermione, you can do this. For harry!" I whisper to myself and push forward, yelping slightly as I stumble across the fork at my feet. Once again I never knew giants to be this large in scale, especially with Hagrid being only half a giant.