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"Yes, you're absolutely right, there is no way to have avoided myself or my family being involved in this," Antonio agreed. "Sakura needs to be protected, she has already suffered greatly. She had been through a rough enough time, and then what happened last year was really enough to put her over the edge, I suppose. I just hope she will recover and be able to resume her studies again, she's a very bright girl and has so much potential and it is unfortunate that her circumstances have been so hard. So, how do you think we should proceed with this, Reid? And I do know that Mei Lin can be very determined, I've already seen a little bit of that last year. I'm sure I haven't yet seen the full potential of what she is capable of."
"She is studying, she's going to the school I transferred from and so her education will be well rounded. The problem is how to protect Sakura. It's not something that can easily be done with her being so far away and under the scrutiny of people who believe in her parents goals. For all I know her mail is being checked so whenever I write to her I'm careful to act neutrally whenever I can." Reid leaned against the wall as he contemplated what Dumont asked him. "Carefully and in true Slytherin style. Mei Lin knows a lot of tricks and she isn't afraid to use them. I think the real test will be how much she really does trust me. If it's less than I believe things could get tricky for everyone extremely quickly. Your probably right about that. She often doesn't reveal things unless she needs to and she is an artist of disguise, she's the one that got me into acting actually. There is a difference between Mei Lin and her parents and uncle though. That is that she does care. Especially about Sakura. The problem is that she truly does believe that what she was brought up to think is correct and no-one can change her mind on that unless she wants to believe something else."