 *randomly tagged* | Norbert(a) | The Wandmaker (tm)
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Originally Posted by Kimstar18  As Damien listened to who this person really was, finally recognizing the Romanian surname, he became highly interested in the character. So much so, he felt he had something in common with Vlad. No, he wasn't a vampire, but the way this girl described the controversy around him and what he'd done made the Hufflepuff feel he could learn from it.
Following her around the corner and putting his finger to a few book spines, Damien clarrified on the book from last year. "I guess I didn't exactly have it the entire year. Rather -- I brought it back, then asked to take it out again 2 days later."
Yeah -- some book. "It angered me mostly," he added. "Didn't really give me the answers I was hoping for."
Upon reaching the messy corner of books Damien's eyes widened. "I guess you're supposed to quite literally dig your way through all of this to get to what you want," he said before turning back to her. "If you don't mind me asking; why the interest in Vlad? Because of the controversy? Or simple curiosity?" ”Books tend to do that don’t they?” She chuckled. “Who was it that said ‘Literature is the question minus the answer? ‘.’” She squenched up her nose in thought. “The Frenchman Roland Barthes…I think...” She shrugged and pulled out a book. “Then again, the great Shakespeare,” who Daisy herself figures had to be a wizard to do what he did, “said “I am not bound to thee with my answer. So even if a book had the answer, I’m not sure it’d give it up willingly.”
Now she sounded like a boring ol’ Ravenclaw. Great!
She glanced over at the boy surprised he was still awake and (seemingly) interested. “Vlad? Well, I guess you could say a bit of both?” How do I put this into words? she thought. She leaned into him and lowered her voice. “You see, they believe he’s the reason vampires exist right? I’m not so sure…”
She pulled back then, afraid he might think she was crazy. “Most of what you’ve read or probably heard – well, is it propaganda or not? The book I’m looking for is supposedly is his confessions…” her eyes sparkled a bit as she got excited about the controversy. “But again, will it validate or vindicate him? Was it really written by him?” She threw her hands up into the air. “I don’t know! It’ll be exciting to see for myself.”
She coughed and tried to bring the excitement down a few notches. “So yeah…um…did I mention he was just an interesting figure?” She chuckled nervously.
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