Last day of August

[alt_sinistra]

It seems entirely unreal, that we are, in fact, able to look ahead to a new school year, after so many changes and losses.

Those of you returning to Hogwarts, we'll have a lot to talk about, but please know that the Astronomy Tower is open for conversation, snacks, and the comfort of a cat, should you need any of those. (Or a quiet place to read and think and not be bothered if you need that instead.)

Those of you coming to Hogwarts for the first time, I am so very much looking forward to getting to know you, and helping you learn all the things you want to learn. There is no place in the world like Hogwarts, even when she's a bit battered.

For everyone else, we need so many different skills and talents and experiences and ideas to rebuild, and I am looking forward to seeing how that goes, whatever it means.

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Private message to Georg

[alt_sinistra]

Thanks for the thought about the suppers. I'm not going to be able to get free from here reliably for a long time, I think. And she'd like a chance to use her German with someone else, I'm sure.

It's going to be such a difficult term, Georg, and unpredictable, and you know what I'm like with unpredictable, even if I've had to get a lot better at it than I used to be.

ToshaSomeone said to me once that the one thing that was a constant with His Noselessness was change, and that was true enough. I can't help but think that any organisation named for a bird who is born and dies in flame, over and over again, is scarcely going to be restful either. (It certainly has not been so far.) But perhaps it's a better kind of change. I hope so.

Thank you for sorting Gilly out so quickly. And I'll ask Dai, but you know how touchy he is about getting help. And for seeing about people willing to monitor the locational magics various places.