Private Message to Justin Finch-Fletchley

[alt_ron]

Say, are you all right?

I heard you'd maybe got the rough end of a duel last night. Is that so? What happened?

Or maybe it's just talk. It's hard to know sometimes. By the time stuff gets around to us Gryffindors, it's not always quite right.

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[alt_justin]

Oh, Hullo, Ron,

I say, where did you hear that? Rough end of a duel. That's rather a generous way of putting it, what?

Well, that's not entirely fair. I daresay I've had worse, actually, and it seems jolly bad form to complain about a little altercation after we all had to watch that poor witch be tortured yesterday, what?

Am I correct that Sally-Anne spoke to you? I know Hydra said she'd been talking to her and you and she are close, aren't you? Really, I'm rather embarrassed anyone's taking this sort of trouble. It's nothing I haven't had happen before. Well, not exactly.

Henri Toubon came across me last night after I'd seen Hydra back to her Common Room. I heard today that he'd been told off by his escort, though I didn't know that then. I suppose that made him cross already, or perhaps he was cross because he'd seen me with Hydra and Luna and the others all evening and felt it unfair that we were having so much fun. Well, he doesn't half hate me already so it was a small bet he'd simply say 'Good Evening' and have done, what?

Only I don't know quite what happened. I wasn't cross in return, do you see. I didn't lose my temper and I'm deuced glad of that. I shouldn't like him or Coty to ever think they've made me do that. On the contrary, I went all over cold, if you follow me. It was as if I didn't care whether he hexed me or walked away and he seemed to move in slow motion. I knew what he was going to do before he did it, somehow. He raised his wand and I closed in immediately and pummelled him full in the stomach.

Well. He's clearly used to fighting hand-to-hand as well as duelling so I knew I wasn't going to get away unscathed, do you see, but for the first time I got in the first blow. Once I got a little distance back I cast the conjunctivitis jinx and walked away.

So, I hope I've made the point that I'm not having it anymore. I hope it shan't be a problem anymore, as a result. And if it is, I suppose I shall make my point again, what?

-Justin

[alt_ron]

Wow. Well, good on you, and I hope you're right on this settling it.

If not, let me know if you ever need a second. Because that's just not on, what those two blokes think they can do to you.