Word: 16. Dragonhide gloves
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"He's going stake out the corridors tonight, Hermione."
"Oh, honestly, Ron! He needs his sleep. Can't you stop him?"
"Will he listen? You know Harry!"
The eavesdropper smiled to herself and slipped away.
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The small figure bathed in moonlight made him stop, his eyes never wanted to stop looking. Harry stuttered:
"L-Luna? What’re you doing?"
"Ghooming."
"?"
"It means to 'hunt in the dark'. It's an Anglo-Indian word."
"...you shouldn't be out. It's after curfew."
"What about you?"
"I - well, I - You've got no dragonhide gloves on, or anything. What're you hunting?"
She smiled at him. "You."
Last edited by Meandering; 09-02-2006 at 04:11 AM.
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