“Oh?” She asked with a questioning raise of her eyebrow, trying not to look for too many beats of a minute at a time as they began the journey back through the quiet corridors. With very few exceptions she was able to keep herself utterly in control during the school year but if this young woman was here for the reason she thought she might be then Connie thought bemusedly that Rose might finally have some competition in her mental ranking of the overall attractiveness of the female staff.

“Oh.” She repeated with a different inflection as an understanding smile began to form and she grinned at the woman. “You must have been in with the Headmaster?”

Who was retiring this year again? Surely the Arithmancer had to be old enough now, and if not him then Runes; either one would be a welcome change, especially with her renewed interest in the latter thanks to her recent reading. Which, unlike Mr Waffling’s tome, she had actually understood. Mostly.

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MJ made me beautiful