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Felixir · 05-26-2021, 02:59 PM

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Originally Posted by Fireheart

The change in the Slytherin's demeanor did not go unnoticed. Shreya didn't know the full extent of Nem's relationship with Lucien Rosier, but judging by their visible reaction to her comment, it had been much more complicated than she presumed. Their response struck something in Shreya. She couldn't quite place what it was—pity, regret, possibly even empathy. Her eyes softened as she nodded slightly in response, trying to convey the smallest bit of understanding.

"Oh?" she replied at their apparent change of heart. Shreya stood up as well, trying to swallow the irritation that crept up on her. She had felt like this before when working on a new potion and nearly reaching a breakthrough, only to have it dissolve—or worse, blow up in her face. All this, just for them to leave? But what did they want to ask? The curiosity would nag her repeatedly. Although she also knew that any sign of frustration or anger could push the Slytherin away even further, which was certainly not her goal. "Okay. But just so you know, it wasn't a waste of my time," she said earnestly. And she really meant it.

Nem's eyes raked the professor's expression, their own face a mask. Funny, the way tugging a heartstring here and there, using the Lucien Rosier factor, tended to be more fruitful with adults than with people their own age or younger. Different people needed different angles, Nem knew that very well, but there were general trends to be seen as well. The kids around here took things so personally; this wasn't exactly an eye-opening revelation.

"Some other day, maybe." It was possible they knew of exactly the kind of frustration born of having something dangling just within reach only for it to be snatched away without warning, and that they took a kind of pleasure in doing both the dangling and the snatching. It was also possible that they had genuinely intended to ask about something, and changed their mind at the last second. The two possibilities were not, of course, mutually exclusive.

They allowed a brief hint of a smile and made for the door, hand still in their pocket, rubbing their thumb over the surface of their name tag from Defence Against the Dark Arts, which they had no intention of discarding. At the door, they stopped and half turned back. "Thank you for your time, in any case. I suppose I'll see you in class."

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