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" you look - different. " although he imagines that's what months do, what months are meant to do at least. the snow outside does her little justice, but somehow she looks both warmer and colder to him. maybe his glasses are fogged. maybe he's biased. " i meant to, er, call before i... well, i thought i'd surprise you." though it's not really a surprise if he shows up for christmas break on the same day each year, is it? he tries to remember if he'd removed his wand from his person. he hopes so. he can't think straight when she looks more vivid than she does in pictures, when she appears so much sharper than he'd left her. and yes, he'd left her. again. " i didn't mean in a bad way, a-about you looking different, just - it's good. it's a good thing i think. " she still doesn't look like a threat to him. she still looks every bit like a weakness. " how are things here? "

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