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What he ought to have done, Cyp thought to himself as he prowled the shelves in Flourish and Blotts, was charm these sunglasses so that he could see through them sans tint, and yet remained darkened on the outside. He wasn't too bothered about the sunglasses making him stick out; some of the fashion choices he'd seen sported in Diagon Alley were a lot more bizarre than these. The addition of the baseball cap was pushing it, and so Cyp wore it backwards at least while indoors. After a couple of unfortunate run-ins this summer, he was firmly in the camp that it was better to stand out anonymously than to appear immediately recognisable. As for the height situation... well, there was nothing to be done about that.
But yeah. The sunglasses. Ought to have charmed them. At school, obviously, or gotten Lark or someone to do it, or else done it himself at home on the sly. Because, right now, Cyprien Grimaldi was having an absolute nightmare trying to decipher some of the titles on these book spines, given that he could hardly see them. He stopped halfway down a set of fiction shelves, pulled out one of the books, and flipped to the title page to see it a little better.
A Summer of Dragons. He let out a tiny sigh, pushed the book back into its space on the shelf, and continued edging his way up the aisle looking for something that he hadn't already read. And that looked interesting. And that he didn't own. That got its own category, see, because Merlin knew his 'to be read' collection was surprisingly unwieldy for a boy who loved to read like he did.
Should he perhaps focus more on finding some books to help with studying for his OWLs this coming term, given how much everyone seemed to expect from him? Sure. Definitely his second place priority. Absolutely. |