Hermione...it's maybe not right to tell you this, but he drinks, too. Not nearly as much as the Headmistress, from the sounds of it, but every once in awhile. When he's upset about something, mostly, I think. He sneaks away and he'll be gone to another part of the island, because he doesn't want the kids to see him that way. Or Mrs Longbottom, I suppose. I talked to him about it, because I can smell it on him when he gets back if I'm the Professor, you know. And he saw I was scared of him, then, because of what it was like with the git--you know. And that just cut him to the heart. He was really ashamed. So he didn't do it for awhile.
But last time was just this week, right after he came back from Mr Weasley's funeral. And I tried to follow him as the Professor, but he just firmly told me that I mustn't come, but that this was something he had to do. And he left me there on the beach.
I think my thinking about our next leader is pretty close to yours. Mr Lupin, maybe. Or Mr Shacklebolt. Or I would have said Bill Weasley, if it were maybe two or three years from now.
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Hermione...it's maybe not right to tell you this, but he drinks, too. Not nearly as much as the Headmistress, from the sounds of it, but every once in awhile. When he's upset about something, mostly, I think. He sneaks away and he'll be gone to another part of the island, because he doesn't want the kids to see him that way. Or Mrs Longbottom, I suppose. I talked to him about it, because I can smell it on him when he gets back if I'm the Professor, you know. And he saw I was scared of him, then, because of what it was like with the git--you know. And that just cut him to the heart. He was really ashamed. So he didn't do it for awhile.
But last time was just this week, right after he came back from Mr Weasley's funeral. And I tried to follow him as the Professor, but he just firmly told me that I mustn't come, but that this was something he had to do. And he left me there on the beach.
I think my thinking about our next leader is pretty close to yours. Mr Lupin, maybe. Or Mr Shacklebolt. Or I would have said Bill Weasley, if it were maybe two or three years from now.