( harry leans partway down to give fairy a rub in greeting, though he doesn't think she'll be especially bothered if his attention is currently focused on her master. )
Take a look.
( from the neck down? jin ling's body seems to have disappeared out of thin air entirely. to any passerby, he just looks like a floating head, although a remarkably distraught one.
harry knows the urge to run away when things get tough. invisibility? it helps a lot. if jin ling feels like bolting, he'll just have to make room under there for two.
the cloak isn't doing the best job at concealing what doesn't wish to be seen at this point — even less so as harry fondles around the part of the middle, pulling it back far enough to find jin ling's hand, interlacing their fingers. harry keeps his gaze forward as he sets them off in a random path, still holding the bag of jellybeans out for jin ling to try one. )
You know, that cloak has really come in handy for me. ( it's fairly obvious — harry just filling in the white noise, so jin ling doesn't feel pressured to speak. ) Once, I used it to sneak into the restricted section of my school's library. And ... once I made the school bully and his goons think they'd been haunted by a mischievous ghost. ( he laughs. ) Once — and this is a bit involved, so stay with me — I was involved in a legendary tournament at my school, and used that cloak to find out the first task I had to do was face a dragon. A dragon! ( shrugging his shoulders. ) Of course, with my luck I managed to get the nastiest one.
Still, I survived. ... Clearly.
( he trails off a little at that end, inexplicably distraught. keep moving — )
Actually, Hagrid helped me with that one. I can't believe I haven't mentioned Hagrid to you before — he's my school's Groundskeeper, and Magical Creatures Professor. He's about the friendliest half-giant you'd ever meet. Genius with animals.
( and hedwig died to protect him. he goes quiet again. )
... You know, back at home ... a had my own Fairy. ( he smiles down at her. ) A snowy white owl. Hedwig. Hagrid got her for me, for my eleventh birthday. She was the first birthday present I ever got. ( he really doesn't have any memories that were good and stayed good, does he? apologetically, he smiles at jin ling. ) Sorry. Went on a bit of a tangent. Do you like the jellybeans?
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Take a look.
( from the neck down? jin ling's body seems to have disappeared out of thin air entirely. to any passerby, he just looks like a floating head, although a remarkably distraught one.
harry knows the urge to run away when things get tough. invisibility? it helps a lot. if jin ling feels like bolting, he'll just have to make room under there for two.
the cloak isn't doing the best job at concealing what doesn't wish to be seen at this point — even less so as harry fondles around the part of the middle, pulling it back far enough to find jin ling's hand, interlacing their fingers. harry keeps his gaze forward as he sets them off in a random path, still holding the bag of jellybeans out for jin ling to try one. )
You know, that cloak has really come in handy for me. ( it's fairly obvious — harry just filling in the white noise, so jin ling doesn't feel pressured to speak. ) Once, I used it to sneak into the restricted section of my school's library. And ... once I made the school bully and his goons think they'd been haunted by a mischievous ghost. ( he laughs. ) Once — and this is a bit involved, so stay with me — I was involved in a legendary tournament at my school, and used that cloak to find out the first task I had to do was face a dragon. A dragon! ( shrugging his shoulders. ) Of course, with my luck I managed to get the nastiest one.
Still, I survived. ... Clearly.
( he trails off a little at that end, inexplicably distraught. keep moving — )
Actually, Hagrid helped me with that one. I can't believe I haven't mentioned Hagrid to you before — he's my school's Groundskeeper, and Magical Creatures Professor. He's about the friendliest half-giant you'd ever meet. Genius with animals.
( and hedwig died to protect him. he goes quiet again. )
... You know, back at home ... a had my own Fairy. ( he smiles down at her. ) A snowy white owl. Hedwig. Hagrid got her for me, for my eleventh birthday. She was the first birthday present I ever got. ( he really doesn't have any memories that were good and stayed good, does he? apologetically, he smiles at jin ling. ) Sorry. Went on a bit of a tangent. Do you like the jellybeans?