Lovegood. I understand your concern for your father. You must see, however, that if you were to find anyone who would lend their personal owl for this purpose, you would be compromising the health of every person in this school should that owl return with the infection.
In fact, I shouldn't be surprised if the owl were forbidden to return, and that would be a heavy price for the person who lent you the bird.
Well, of course I don't want to endanger anyone, but what halfblood patient are you talking about? I said I want to send the owl to my father. There's no danger he has the disease. And Mrs Weasley said he didn't. The Ministry says purebloods can't catch it anyway, doesn't it?
Oh, dear. I don't particularly want to get mixed up in the middle of this. But I'm sure she's wondering why I haven't gotten back to her about visiting her father. I don't know what on earth to say to her.
Poppy . . . do advise me. Do you think we should tell her what we suspect? That Xeno's not sick, but possibly being held because of his editorial? I certainly can't tell her that through the journals, but perhaps you (or Minerva) could find some way to convey the news to her? I think either prospect (that he's sick with this disease OR possibly under arrest, or at least detained for the editorial) would distress her, but Luna has always seemed to me to prefer knowing the truth. She bore up quite bravely when Xeno got in all that hot water last year, when the Quibbler was reorganised, and he did make a point of keeping her entirely informed about what was going on at the time, as if she were quite a bit older.
I'm not in a position to speak with her unless I have Minerva's authorisation, and then I could not tell her anything I'm not officially in a position to know. I suppose I could tell her that things at St Mungo's are a bit topsy-turvy and that they are forced to take precautions that in other circumstances would seem unnecessary. I could suggest to her that they have, perhaps, over-reacted and quarantined him just to be extra, extra certain that no one leaves St Mungo's with the disease and blames the Healing staff there with insufficient caution. I don't wish to lie to her, but I really can't share my suspicions with her, either.
There's also the issue here that the Ministry is apparently trying to smear Xeno as a half-blood--a rumour that now the Head Girl is apparently working to spread further, I'm not pleased to see. Not that I consider half-blood status a smear, of course, but it may make things quite difficult for Luna with her housemates. How can such an errant lie be countered?
Now? But Transfiguration class isn't even over yet. I don't think that Professor Carrow would like it if I left in the middle of class. Can you come meet me there to tell him, if I have permission to leave?
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In fact, I shouldn't be surprised if the owl were forbidden to return, and that would be a heavy price for the person who lent you the bird.
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Perhaps Minerva will have a better suggestion.
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I'm on my way to the Common Room now, Lovegood. Meet me there, please.
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Meet me in the Common Room after Transfiguration, obviously.