| potions_master @ 2004-06-06 18:37:00 |
| Current mood: | pensive |
| Current music: | "How Fortunate the Man With None" |
de profundis
I have a few hours before I must deal with some unpleasant business, and perhaps it would not be a complete waste of time to pass them in rumination, however idle. I have Lilitou and a single glass of rather good sherry that I am not obliged to share with any of my usual freeloading companions.
Malfoy and Bulstrode are out of the hospital wing, now. I trust they have gotten the requisite amount of sleep, for they are going to need it in the face of the detention I am about to dole out, which I expect to last several hours. One does not interfere in a wizards' duel, but one may certainly administer the appropriate consequences when it is done. Even such a childish exercise as this. Our seventh-year students -- all of them -- should have come to the understanding that it is past time to put away these infantile games that waste energy and can even cause physical harm. The health of my Slytherins, especially those about to leave my care, is not a laughing matter to me; a serious world awaits them beyond these walls, and there is no one to administer gentle warnings there. There is no guarantee, in fact, that there will be any kind of warning at all.
Still and all, one does one's best. There is a certain peace that comes in accepting one's life for what it is, one's accomplishments for what they are. I am not sure what brings me to remark on these subjects now, and less sure what prompts me to share them with an audience, but I don't suppose it matters very much one way or the other. The students of Hogwarts will do well to make what they can of their time; that is all.
Comments:
| onourbrooms @ 2004-06-06 05:58 pm UTC |
I resent being called freeloading.
You're certainly in an optimistic mood.
| potions_master @ 2004-06-06 07:18 pm UTC |
Very well. Since you're panting for someone to ask:
What on earth is your problem, Lupin?
| potions_master @ 2004-06-06 07:23 pm UTC |
Granger will be out of here within the hour. I can show you peace at the bottom of a bottle, if you really must make a nuisance of yourself.
(parent)| lupercus @ 2004-06-06 07:25 pm UTC |
Haven't you had enough of mind-altering substances? Because that's certainly the impression I had.
I'll be down. If anything, I should enjoy insulting you in person for a change. So that you can see the hand-gestures.