From Cecily's point of view, it was Mr. Abbott who had been disagreeable and easy to offend. Was he taking a way out just because she had dared to disagree with him? It wasn't the first time where Cee would disagree with an older man on the matters of Quidditch and feel as though they didn't take much merit in her opinion. Still, it always left her peeved when it happened. Would he have been that quick to dismiss her if she had been a man?

"No offense taken, Mr. Abbott," Cecily replied cooly and curtsied in return. "Good luck to you too."

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