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Helena was utterly lost in thought and hardly noticed the young man until he talked her out of her thoughts.
"Hello, Mr Harvey. I'm Lady Helena, or the Grey Lady, as some prefer to refer to me as," she said, managing a small smile for the young Ravenclaw. She certainly recognised him from the feast as a newly sorted young fellow so it was nice to put a name to a face.
"How are you liking the wise house of Ravenclaw?"
Ah, yes, here was another young Ravenclaw. One who always went around confusing her so with his words from a different dialect. And one who had walked right through her, if you believe.
"Gommsai to you too, Mr Jace. Enjoying your read?" And do tell her what it was he had just said. She wanted to learn.
Lady Helena let the boys continue their talk, slightly intrigued by the book in the older Ravenclaw's hand as well. What fascinating new subject did he have there that couldn't wait to be read? Would it be one she would love as well?
Love.
Her ladyship shifted slightly.
"Gentlemen, if I may, could I pick your brains about a ghostly topic?" Was there ever a student on record that got to teach the Lady Helena a thing or two? Although it sounded absurd to teach a ghost who is, by the way, the smartest of them all, Jace always found joy in filling up one’s curiosity.
“It’s…uh…it’s actually ‘Gommenasai’ your ladyship…not ‘Gomsai…” Well, she has a lot to learn still. Like Hady and Newton-sensei.
“It means ‘I’m sorry.’ I…well, walked through you earlier so…I’m sorry again.” He said bowing his head for the second time.
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Paintbrush As Harvey waited for the ghost to respond, another Ravenclaw appeared and... walked right though her!
You could do that? His sisters' hadn't mentioned that!
"I was just introducing myself," Harvey explained, seeing the boy wasn't sure whether he was interrupting and was making to leave. "I'm Harvey, I'm just starting out," he said again, moving over (and making sure he didn't walk through their House ghost) to offer his hand to the newcomer.
He held a book. It looked like... no book Harvey had ever seen before.
"What's that?" he asked, curious. As always, curiosity in the face of novelty shadowed his good manners... hopefully this boy wouldn't think him rude. He couldn't help it.
But they were both Ravenclaws. Surely he'd understand, right?
Jace isn’t the type to be careless and not know what was going on around him so the whole incident was embarrassing to the boy. However, seeing that it was the Grey Lady and a fellow Ravenclaw, he didn’t feel as mortified as his usual. The raven-haired teen looked at the hand being offered to him, and was a bit confused as to what it meant.
…oh! Right. Of course. That’s how they greet each other around here, right? Jace grinned at the boy and took his hand for a very mild handshake.
“It’s nice to meet you, Harvey-kun. I'm Jace.” The older Ravenclaw felt a bit awkward addressing the boy as someone younger than him.
“Are you having fun in Ravenclaw so far?” Because back when he was a Firstie, he had a blast even if his technical know-how with magic was very, very limited.
Jace eyed the book in his hand and showed it to Harvey.
“It’s ‘Kokoro’ by Natsume Soseki-san. It’s a classic in Japan.” And it’s one of those books that he loved reading over and over again. It seems that whenever he aged…the message of the book matures with him too.
“…it’s written in Japanese though.” He said, opening the book in the middle and showed the texts to the younger Ravenclaw.
An idea came to mind, but Lady Helena politely stepped in their conversation.
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Grey Lady Her ladyship shifted slightly. "Gentlemen, if I may, could I pick your brains about a ghostly topic?"
Looking up to where she was, Jace tilted his head to the side and wondered what in the world made her consult them for advise? The older Ravenclaw looked at his younger companion, and back to their House Ghost.
“What is it, Lady Helena? How can we be of help?”