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Lexi spoke up and said, "Yeah, I can think of an example. That Remi dude was supposed to have been the barkeep of the Hog's Head... There was no reason for any of us to distrust a shopkeeper in Hogsmeade. We see where it got us all though." Yeah she was still a bit bitter about the situation. Meh. But she would never distrust Tate.
"That's a very good example," Tate agreed quietly. "You enter a restaurant or a pub or a shop, and you expect service. You don't expect to try on a dress with a tightening charm or run into a shopkeeper who wants to Imperius you... and most of the time you'd be right."
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Tazenhani A frown ran across his expression, bringing him to pull his hand up and lightly cover the scratch on his cheekbone with two fingers. "I would argue that it's not the people we trust the most, that cannot be trusted. But the anger and jealousy inside them. Those emotions...if provoked under the right circumstances, can be possessive."
"That's a very fine distinction, but I'm not entirely certain it matters. The fact is that sometimes people we trust let us down, regardless of the reason for it. Whether their emotions are justifiable to you, whether they were overcome by a hunger for power or greed or it was just simple fear, sometimes... it happens." Personal experience, of course.
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DanialRadFAN01 Riley's face turned bright pink, and not from the cold either. He was very embarassed but could you blame him? He had just been fake-poisoned for Merlin's sake. 'That's what I get for getting mine first.' he sighed to himself.
Riley tried to think of some other reasons not to trust everything someone close gives you. He couldn't give any from past years at Hogwarts because he was new here but one thing did come to mind. "Professor perhaps something I saw in Diagon Alley could count." he said speaking up more calmly now. "The edible Dark Marks in Weasleys' Wizard Wheezes, they seem harmless and are advertised to hand to you enemies as if you are giving them a treat." he nodded. Very evil in kid's standards.
"Ugly things. Bad taste. But just candy. And sometimes making light of the scary things makes them a bit less scary." Dakest should remember that Tate often took this point of view. Well. Now they all had heard his philosophy.
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springbaby Daisy had no honest response to the situation at hand. Yes she had been foolish for accepting a drink with out suspicion, but it's cold and hot chocolate is well...hot. Why would she question that logic especially coming from her Headmaster. "Well I guess it would be safe to assume that you shouldn't trust anybody. Even the closest family members and friends." Daisy said raising her hand. "What with all the ways to control a person it would be safer to question almost everything." Was that a correct answer? Shrugging, she took another sip off her hot chocolate, it most definitely wasn't poisoned.
"I don't want to say that you can't trust anybody. You must choose wisely who to trust, and you must remember that we are all human and have human failings. Magical or no, you might betray a friend to save your mother, for example." Ah. Bad example.
"Let's move on, though. I didn't poison you, but I want to keep you on your toes. Just furthering the lesson on vigilance, which we covered in depth last time. I found your homework responses very enlightening." He rubbed the back of his head thoughtfully. "Last time, I asked you to consider the adage 'the best defense is a good offense.' Today's adage is 'think outside the box.' It's a very Muggle saying... not really sure what this box is they refer to, but does anyone know what it means?"