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Airey stood back and watched the boy work, somewhat holding his breath as the Slytherin placed the plaque. What if it wasn't straight?! He wouldn't be able to sleep at night knowing that things were not in perfect alignment. He would even have to....oh, wait, Mr. Odessa had done perfectly.
"Yes, that looks rather nice there doesn't it," he nodded approvingly. "Thank you, Mr. Odessa, and take 10 points for your house for performing such a fantastic civic duty to your house, the subject of astronomy, and your school." Good thing the boy liked to read, right?
"It looks good." West said, still eyeing it up. He wondered a bit, if the man had family somewhere that would appreciate knowing that Forrester's memorial plaque had been restored. And maybe people would see the name and get curious and want to know more too. Then memories would be for always. West was kind of big on memories for always, mostly since he had barely any of his mum and it just sort of seemed important to remember sometimes. Even if you didn't know what to remember and it was just the act of remembering that became important.
He sort of blinked and then looked up at Flamsteed.
"Oh. Well. Thank you, sir." But it wasn't for that, it was for... for the act of honoring the dead.
And he'd been thinking about the whole death thing quite a lot lately, with Bliss's dad dying and all. He let out a thoughtful sigh and just stood there, contemplating.
"Could I throw a coin in there?" The fountain he meant.