Elliot felt rather awkward until Miss Reid remembered him and pointed him out to Signore Zabini — and then he could connect the dots. This Zabini was related to the other Zabinis, but, more notably — he had an interest in Divination.

"And is Mr. Zabini interested in Divination?" Elliot asked, with a flash of a smile — like he hadn't already heard, like people didn't tell him when there were new Divination scholars in Britain. It was more polite to pretend not to know; they could do this awkward little introductory dance and then they could chat.

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