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sweetpinkpixie 
"T-t-thanks," Kurumi whimpered taking the tissues from Treyen. The, she started giggling softly. The look of utter panic on his face was amusing. "Treyen, a smile suits you better," she said dabbing a few more tears from her eyes. She smiled up at the two older students. She was a little embarrassed, perhaps even ashamed, that she was crying right now. She had told herself that she was going to be stronger on the subject. Must have been all the emotions flying around right now: the excitement of going back to school, the mystery revolving around this paper, talking about her past...it all could be very overwhelming for a 12-year-old.
But look, Vashti had done a much better job in trying to calm Kurumi. Sigh. I think we know what Treyen needs to work on, right?
Since he was still speechless, mostly because he didn't want to dare messing things up, he merely nodded as if accepting her 'Thanks'. It was the least he could do, since he had a feeling that
he, Treyen Lockhart, had managed to make a little girl cry. If Aaron was here he'd probably laugh about it, if Arya was here, she'll be consoling the poor girl, surely.
And then...what? He laughed, very loudly (by the way) at her next comment,
"You're probably right," he said, as he ventured another smile. Just, not one of those charming smiles. It was enough for today. Kurumi was a smart one, stating the obvious.
"Vashti is right, you know? You don't to worry," he said, with a nod,
"I'd read about Nargles, instead, they don't exist but are very fun to read about," he winked, turning a couple pages on her magazine.
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Snape'sGirlThru&Thru Someone wanted them to find this? OH MERLIN! If that was it, then it was TOTALLY that hedgehog-knarl-thing he had! It really WAS an evil wizard mastermind in disguise!!!
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No, it probably wasn't. But if someone did want them to see the Quibblers, then who would it be? Were there other suspicious-looking people on the train?
Or yeah, it could just be for publicity. "But why put them here just this year? Why weren't they here last year or the year before?" Etc, etc. Maybe they'd only just gotten a new editor? Perhaps. She was definitely going to look all this up in the library once she got the chance.
"I think I will get one, actually," she answered, glancing back down at the magazine. Buying one would probably help with the research, right?
Why did he have the feeling she was already blaming someone for this? Er, never mind. She probably wasn't.
Kurumi's tears just got to him, that was all.
"I--don't know, perhaps they have a new Editor?" he had no idea who the former Editor was, so there was no real way of figuring that out.
"Or...just forget I said anything? This is probably nothing," and he'd become a master at overreacting about little things and details, like Saylen wanting to have him dead? Yeah, that was soooo real.
"Here," he said, passing one along. She was a brave one, was she not?