Ruby smiled somewhat. The words had some weight since her father had been the one to say them. Ruby still had this childish impression that her father was all-knowing and that he could fix everything. There had been times of doubt, like during his brief engagement to Miss Lovegood but, overall, it was a deeply rooted belief.
She considered her father's question. Ruby had never been anywhere outside the United Kingdom. Everything she knew about other places was from books or other people's stories of their travels. Those mediums tended to describe different places in a romantic way. As though a different country wasn't a real place, with real people, but rather the creation of some author or artist.
"I'd love to go to Italy, there's so much art there," Ruby replied. The most prestigious magical art school was in Italy as well. It was the heart of magical art. "And then, somewhere warmer, I suppose. And somewhere where people aren't this stuck up." Somewhere not in Europe. "It is my understanding that indigenous people in some colonies are more... Free spirited."
Ruby's impression was, of course, very Euro-centric and she viewed those people with a romantic gaze, as though they were from another, fantastical world.
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