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[alt_millicent]

did you see the grim today too?

i thought maybe cus you lookd like you were going to throw the game.

but then you didnt.

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[alt_harry]

I was NOT going to throw the game and I did NOT see a dog.

[alt_lavender]

What on earth are you on about, Bultstrode?

[alt_millicent]

BULSTRODE YOU DAFT COW

[alt_padma]

Wait, Bulstrode, did you see a Grim? A big black dog? At the match?

[alt_millicent]

you saw it then

yes

[alt_padma]

No, I didn't see anything but

Well, other people have seen a black dog, only they thought it was Grim too. But if you've seen it then it was probably just a stray.

I Solemnly Swear That I Am Up To No Good

[alt_ron]

Well, if she'd really seen one, I'd think she'd have popped her clogs by now.

And no such luck.

Just ran into her when we were coming in from the lake. I mean literally ran into her. Ow.

And then I asked her if she was writing to Mrs Malfoy because she wants to be a fashion model or a publisher or what. And she hit me. Seriously. Double ow.

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[alt_sally_anne]

Stay out of Milli's way when she's cross or she'll make you regret it!

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[alt_ron]

Well, but I mean, how can you tell?

She always looks like that!

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[alt_sally_anne]

No she doesn't. She has an entirely distinct 'really cross' look. Something about the set of her shoulders. Also that furrow between her eyebrows.

I mean sometimes she looks like that anyway, I'll give you that, but err on the side of caution!

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[alt_ron]

Yeah, well. I'd as soon never get that close to her again.

Pity it wasn't a Grim she saw.

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[alt_sally_anne]

Count yourself lucky! Some of us room with her! Knowing how to read her moods is an IMPORTANT SURVIVAL SKILL, let me tell you.

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[alt_sally_anne]

Anyway, you're right that it can't have been a Grim. Either that, or it was a Grim that was appearing for someone else! Only no one else has popped their clogs, either, so.

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[alt_ron]

You know, I think there must be some secret thing going around meant to hack off Professor Carpenter since she's always poo-pooing Grims. No one's said anything about it to me, but I guess that's no huge surprise. Anywiz, it's either that or a whole load of people are going soft in the loaf cause it's the end of the year.

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[alt_sally_anne]

If it weren't Milli I'd think you were on to something, but Milli doesn't have the imagination to make something up just to hack off a teacher.

It's probably just a stray dog, don't you think? Sometimes a dog is just a dog, not a portentous omen of INCOMING DEATH.

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[alt_ron]

Ha! Yeah.

Actually that sounds like something this bloke at the dragon preserve said one night when we were there. He had a really fat cigar, and he was making out it was the best thing ever. And then he looked really, I dunno, wicked-like. And then he raised his eyebrow and said in this real funny voice 'Sometimes, y'know, a cigar is just a cigar!'

And everyone fell out laughing.

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[alt_pansy]

I'm not sure I understand why that's so funny.

But that probably means it was a...

you know. A double entandra.

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[alt_sally_anne]

Yeah, I don't get it either.

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[alt_ron]

Um. Yeah.

I think maybe you had to be there. It was just the way he said it, I guess.

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[alt_pansy]

She doesn't have much of a sense of humour either!

Well, she tries telling jokes every now and again, but I don't think she knows how. And she gets cross when people laugh at jokes she doesn't get, because she thinks they're laughing at her instead.

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[alt_sally_anne]

To be fair, we usually ARE.

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[alt_pansy]

Point!

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[alt_terry]

I'm surprised anyone ever listens to anything that Bulstrode girl says.

Yeah, probably just a stray.

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[alt_neville]

Have you ever met someone who knew someone who saw a Grim and then died? I never know whether to believe that Grims are true or not.

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[alt_ron]

Well. My Uncle Bilius, for one. Saw a Grim and a day later he was dead. Just like that. Inside of 24 hours.

They're real enough. Just most people who think they've seen one haven't.