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Ax had figured he'd not be able to visit the village, and that had been true before school had broken up for the winter and a little while after. His mother had written to him weeks ago and mentioned - as an aside, so casually he couldn't be sure he was understanding it right at first - that he'd be permitted to go to Hogsmeade soon. And now here he was. Made no sense.
The High Street was busy and bustling, and disorienting too. Ax couldn't be sure what sound was coming from where, and he kept being bumped into and knocked with shopping bags, and, being on the smaller side, he could barely see where he was going. Like a school corridor, only outside and also worse somehow. After being jostled one too many times, he'd barged his way out of the crowd, with liberal use of pointy elbows and toe-stomping, and slipped down a side alley instead. That had brought him here, to the back alley; empty and quiet and easy to understand.
Shoving his hands into his pockets, Ax started down the alley, kicking a stray piece of rubbish as he went. There was no point going into any shops, he'd been given permission to come here but no money to spend. Maybe that was the point, maybe she was messing with him, and maybe he'd fallen for it.
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