Originally Posted by Proffesor Snape

Ari smiled back at him, tilting her head as he leaned against the wall--or so she surmised, hearing the change in his voice--the one you hear when your muscles are turned. "I'm okay with a piano. I've never owned one, but my american neighbors had one a while."

He moved again as he apologized, and she shook her head quickly, feeling her feathery hair swish at the sides of her face. "Not at all. In fact, I wish people would stop to acknowledge it more often. Most people overlook me," she chuckled awkwardly, before extending a pale hand, pausing her tune for just a moment. "Arienna Malone. Pleasure." Salander Ari committed the voice and name to memory.

"Brave? Hardly," she said modestly. She almost corrected him on the word 'doubts', but she figured she wouldn't go there. Nevertheless, Ari blushed and smiled widely, ducking her face behind the cello momentarily.



"Thank you," she nodded her head, "I'm fond of this one, too. Gotta hand it to Muggles; They sure can make good music."