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Lislchen
Oh okay. The woman was coming over now.
Aaand apparently she wasn't supposed to know her. Good. "Nice to meet you, Laila." Olly gave her a polite nod and a quick smile. "I'm Olly Clarke. I'm the head of the Department of Environmental Regulation and Protection." What a mouthful. But saying DERP still sounded a bit strange in her ears. Plus, people generally didn't know what it meant.
"Are you new to London?"
Laila smiled. Wasn't she supposed to have made conversation? Cos Laila could say that she looked sightly taken aback. Wow, Laila, great move. It was too late now,anyway.
'Hello Olly..how do you do?,' she asked politely, extending her hand out for a handshake.
'Oh..no, I'm not. I completed my studies at Hogwarts..been around here quite a while..First job...' she said.
'Oh..You're DERP?,' she asked. Oops..that was so not how it was supposed to come out
.' Umm..sorry..I mean..that's nice..my granddad used to work there..so that's how he used to refer to it,' she added as an explanation.