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Scallion sat on the edge of the fountain, her hand dangling in the water next to her. Over the summer she'd been doing various odd jobs to bring in some extra money and now she was considering whether or not to buy herself an owl. If she was honest, she didn't really need an owl. She only really wrote letters to her mother regularly and she'd managed six whole years of school without an owl so it did seem a little frivolous. And, she supposed, she already had enough attention from other people's owls on occasion without adding one of her own to the mix. Then again it might be useful to have her own owl once she graduated and needed to find a job.

She started to swing her arm back and forth as she continued to mull things over. Maybe she would get an owl. In the long run it would save on paying for owls at the post office when one couldn't be scrounged off a neighor. Scal's hand suddenly hit the water with force and she surprised herself. Looking up, she realized she'd splashed someone. Uh, sorry! She realized then that she recognized her victim. Hey, I know you! At least by face, she couldn't think of a name but she'd definitely seen her face around the slums.

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We do, she confirmed bluntly. I've seen you around. Scal tilted her head as she gazed at the other woman as if it was the first time she'd properly looked at her.

Did you not go to Hogwarts at all or did you drop out? When she'd been younger, shortly after moving to Hogsmeade, she'd remembered seeing her about. She'd caught her attention because she hadn't looked that much older than Scal, but she was out and about during Hogwarts term time. For a long time that had been one of the first thoughts that came to mind when she happened to see her around.

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Yeah, yeah I am. She felt a little sheepish as she spoke. I'll be in my last year soon. Would you like to have done more than three? Not sheepish enough to hold back her curiosity though. She supposed it was probably a financial thing, that was the usual reason for people dropping out. How that wasn't an obstacle for her mother... she didn't know nor did she want to think about it. She chose to assume her brother would have the same opportunity to attend all seven years as she had.

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Scal noticed she spoke very practically, rather than emotionally. This felt significant but Scal wasn't quite sure how to read this - was she a practical person or was she trying not to dwell? Maybe it was both. Oh, who knew!

I have a younger brother too! He won't start until next year, is your brother already in school? And how come your brother gets to finish but not you? She assumed Kermit would have the same opportunity as she'd had to finish all seven years, her mother hadn't said much about it either way though.

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Oh, that makes sense I guess. She was referring specifically to having older siblings to help cover school fees, but the way she said it might make it sound like she was referring to the woman's comment about intelligence. I might know him. What house is he in? What's his name? She wondered if she might know him, although if he wasn't in Gryffindor the age gap was such that there was a chance she wouldn't. What significance this information was to her in the bigger picture wasn't something she was considering at present, she was just feeling nosy. It wasn't like she had any plans to go make friends with this boy.

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She was familiar with the name but couldn't claim any sort of close acquaintance with him. She thought she had a vague memory of him at the sorting ceremony on account of the fact she'd been expecting a girl to walk up with a name like Maeve. She hadn't judged, how could she with her name? 'Excited' might not be the word for it, but I do look forward to it. I'm Scal. After a beat, she added a touch reluctantly, Short for Scallion. She thrust a hand out for Kenna to shake.

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All the exams though! She would do what she could but she wasn't a naturally gifted scholar. She felt a sense of obligation to do well enough to justify her continued enrollment at this stage, but she would've expected her past grades insufficient justification to end her education early. What if she did terribly at her exams and ended up with a job that would never cover the financial investment of her education? And I don't even know what I want to do after... It's a lot. She felt awkward now, uncomfortably privileged and ungrateful.

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Scal opened her mouth to reply and then promptly shut it again. I quite like Defense Against the Dark Arts. But were her grades good enough in her other subjects to do anything with it? The idea of being some sort of Hit Wizard seemed fun, but was that even realistic because she was a girl? Were her grades even good enough? Then there was the fact that overall her best subject by far was Care of Magical Creatures... What sort of career was there in that though? Whatever I can get will do though, as long as there's money right?

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