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"'m Kiri," Kiri said vaguely, relaxing a little. The boy didn't seem to be in any immediate danger of crying again. The prospect of looking up his father seemed to have cheered him up a little. Kiri found that a little strange; if her father was dead, she wouldn't want to be reminded of it constantly. But she was not particularly close to him, maybe it had been different for Tiberius.
Jake had reverted to his usual self, too - sort of, anyway.
She got up with a sigh, joints crackling unpleasantly. She winced at the sound, but her body came to life again as she leaned against the wall, finally at the same height as Jake. She listened to the two boy absent-mindedly, her mind on homework again. The little episode had erased any real desire to finish her work, but maybe an aimless walk around the Grounds...?
Watching Kiri out of the corner of his eye, Jake noticed the faraway look present in the girl's eyes, and smiled slightly, deciding maybe his EXCELLENT sense of humour was being called for. "Boring you are we?"
... Errr. Maybe not so excellent.
"Sorry," he said again, mentally facepalming.
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AmbiguouslyMe Tibi frowned as he watched Jake pull at his hair in the mirror. Something was definitely wrong. But Tibi wasn't going to push. It just wasn't his style. "Well, if you say so," he said to Jake with a shrug. "But if you wanna talk..." he trailed off. Tibi sat up a little straighter, no longer huddling like a little weepy blob of child.
Giving the younger boy a searching look, Jake said nothing but went to sit beside him, dowwwwn on the floor. "I'll remember that," he said, glancing around the Entrance Hall. He was sure he'd sat in this very place when he was an upset first-year, wanting to go home. "How's your first couple of months here been?" he asked, changing the subject straight away.