Right, so maybe she shouldn’t have mentioned that tidbit about the dragons. They both seemed appropriately startled; Gus only hoped she wasn’t giving anyone ideas! That would not quite be the pep talk for which she’d been enlisted.
But Billie’s exclamations and carefree vocabulary made it easy enough not to care about talking without a filter - it was fortunate, really, because if Billie had proved a shy child or Mr. Ollivander more strict, Gus would have been squirming, and might have had to throw herself into the lake to get out of this.
As it was, she was enjoying herself a great deal, to the point where she wondered whether it was entirely normal to feel quite so much on a level with an eleven-year-old. What had happened to Gus since Hogwarts? What had happened to maturity? Where had that gone?
No matter. She grinned at Billie’s suggestions. “I always liked Care of Magical Creatures!” She chimed in with a laugh, “but nah, not me, I was always getting my spells mixed up! Charms was fun, but nowadays the only ones I remember are for cleaning,” she joke-grumbled. She had enjoyed the practical lessons mostly for the scope of making people laugh when spells went awry, but there had come a point when all the theory had gotten too much to get her head around. She pulled a face, waving a hand Mr. Ollivander’s way as if to say better not compare us. “Oh, I’m sure! I definitely couldn’t have cut it as a wandmaker.” He must know far too much about magic for that.
But Billie’s exclamations and carefree vocabulary made it easy enough not to care about talking without a filter - it was fortunate, really, because if Billie had proved a shy child or Mr. Ollivander more strict, Gus would have been squirming, and might have had to throw herself into the lake to get out of this.
As it was, she was enjoying herself a great deal, to the point where she wondered whether it was entirely normal to feel quite so much on a level with an eleven-year-old. What had happened to Gus since Hogwarts? What had happened to maturity? Where had that gone?
No matter. She grinned at Billie’s suggestions. “I always liked Care of Magical Creatures!” She chimed in with a laugh, “but nah, not me, I was always getting my spells mixed up! Charms was fun, but nowadays the only ones I remember are for cleaning,” she joke-grumbled. She had enjoyed the practical lessons mostly for the scope of making people laugh when spells went awry, but there had come a point when all the theory had gotten too much to get her head around. She pulled a face, waving a hand Mr. Ollivander’s way as if to say better not compare us. “Oh, I’m sure! I definitely couldn’t have cut it as a wandmaker.” He must know far too much about magic for that.
gorgeous set by Lady!