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Hermione Granger
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[ Shortly after Hermione's out of quarantine, and bright and early in the morning... Seriously, like almost verging on too early, juuust skirting past "this is rude" into "this is acceptable"... ]

Morning. You're the new rifter?

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[ The joke's on you, Clarisse. Regular sleeping hours are for people who aren't secretly afraid they'll stop existing. ]

Guilty as charged. Hermione, if you'd rather a name than 'new rifter'.

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Greek, huh. You don't hear that name much.

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A fellow rifter, then? You don't hear Greek being recognised often either - and I can't even point out to anyone that Orlesians sound French.

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Ouis, it's strange as shit. You get used to it after a while, kind of.

[ Still weird, but. ]

I'm Clarisse. Griffon keeper, also in Forces. I have a couple questions for you if you have a minute. Or you can come find me in the eyrie or in my office later.

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[ Oh god, please - someone who swears a lot but fundamentally understands her references? She might burst into relieved tears. ]

Griffon-keeper - alright. Sure.

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Why not griffons?

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I have many minutes right now, if you want to fire away.

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[ Truly, why not griffons? She gets it, though. All things considered, Hermione sounds like she's handling all this a lot better than Clarisse did. ]

Cool. First question, can you ride a horse? And would you be able to take care of one if you were traveling by horseback? [ That's two questions, Clarisse. ]

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I can ride a horse. [ Leave it at that, Hermione, you don't need to give details.

Except!! ]

And a hippogriff, and a Thestral - though I am not fond of them when they fly.

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No clue what those are, but if they fly that brings me to my next question, which is would you be okay flying on a griffon as a passenger? Or even taking over if something happened to a rider? If the answer is no, that's fine. [ She's gotten soooo many "no"s, it's really depressing. ] Just trying to get a handle on new rifters' comfort levels.

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On a scale of one to ten, how much like a horse is a griffon? Because Thestral are similar to pegasi, but you can only see then if you have seen someone die - so in my defense I was flying on invisible air horse.

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Like a two? Flying on a griffon is flying on a lion... eagle... thing. Way bigger than a horse, nowhere near as stupid.

[ A short pause. ]

Also, that's fucked up. The invisible death horse thing. [ Like she really needed to clarify. ]

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You'll be pleased to know that they're used mostly for totally normal things, like dragging carriages full of school-age students to school.

[ /sarcasm ]

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... What?

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That's what Thestrals are used for. Where I come from.

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You go to school in a carriage? What are you, a princess?

[ She's probably focusing on the wrong thing here. ]

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I'm a witch. It's a magical school for witchcraft and wizardry.

Or was. I think at this point it's safe to say I graduated.

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A witch? Like... Hecate or something?

[ She doesn't sound alarmed, or like she doesn't believe it's true. Just curious. ]

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[ The funny bit is that the reference is just.

It's been a long time, Clarisse. ]

Yes, like Hecate. A bit less...underworld-y, though. No ritual naked dancing around a bubbling cauldron at night either, that's a gross health and safety violation.

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[ pfft ]

Okay, suit yourself. [ Sounds like a party to her. ]

Nah, I'm joking. It's not really my area. That's cool, though.

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I would be. In a naked cauldron dance, I would be suited myself.

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[ ANYWAY ]

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You said you had questions, plural?

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[ Wowwww that gets a real laugh out of her. ]

Just the stuff about the horses and the griffons.