Private Message to Seamus

[alt_padma]

It was brilliant to come over.

I mean, I've been having fun working in the shop with mum, designing and all, but it's actually hard work, you know?

So it was nice to just have a day to do whatever we felt like doing.

Sorry you're having a boring summer. CCF will be fun. You need to swim more, though, and not just fly.

And sorry Evgeny hasn't written to you.

But Freedom Day's going to be snitch, don't you think? And the Cryptomancy--even if I'm sure it wasn't really Siz's idea.

We should have a party before the end of hols. See if he'll let you and then we can work on the invitations and all.

Comments

[alt_padma]

No, it's not. If I so much as slip a single point in the standings next term, I'll be sure to point it out to Vector because then I'll be sure that she's playing tricks.

But the problem is am I supposed to put them all in their proper place, then, or coddle them and tell them they can still make good if they work extra hard?

I just wish it were easier to guess what Siz wants.

[alt_seamus]

Yeah. I don't suppose you could just ASK her? Maybe not in quite those terms, but -- you know, 'Professor, it's pretty well known at this point that the second group never gets to do as many nice things as the first group. What should we say to people who complain? Should we tell them that if they work harder they'll get nicer things next year or would that be a lie?'

[alt_padma]

Maybe.

But then again, I'm not so sure it's up to her anymore, either. Like the Cryptomancy. I know she didn't want to include it in anything, but someone decided it would make a good part of the programme.

There's a committee, isn't there, that tells her what to do. I wonder who's on it. Mr Rosier would know, wouldn't he?

Maybe it's the committee that will decide if the losers will get into the CCF and all.

[alt_seamus]

That's a good point about the committee. Mr Rosier WOULD know. I'll ask him.