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Dear Lana,
How are you? I hope you're having a good summer. It certainly seems quiet from where the rest of us sit, which must mean you Aurors are keeping us all quite safe!
I wanted to check in with you, as my sponsor. I know that now that I'm on the Council you're technically not responsible for me, but it was your confidence in my skills that helped Our Lord to notice me in the first place. And I know that my actions still reflect on you, so please believe I don't want to do anything that would damage your reputation among our colleagues in any way.
So, I thought you would like to know that since Seamus and I were Marked, Harry has been asking us to accompany him all round the Protectorate. We've been going to camps and schools and things. I think he's touring so that he'll be ready to assume some sorts of responsibilities once we leave school, y'know, and he wants to build up contacts and establish a profile all over the country with administrators and teachers and so on so that when Our Lord puts him in charge of whatever he's to take over, he'll already have relationships with people. Which is really rather clever, honestly. And I'm honoured that he's chosen me and Seamus to go with him, obviously.
But something odd happened when we were on our last outing. We were talking about Pavs' wedding, coming up, and out of nowhere, Harry said that now that I'm on the Council, I'd have to set aside our religion.
Well, I know he doesn't really have a religion, not the same way some of us do--although of course, everyone seems to celebrate Christmas and things like that--so I tried to reassure him that there's no conflict at all between observing my family's traditions and also being a devoted servant to Our Lord. And he sort of squinted at me, y'know, and said that he wasn't saying it as a suggestion.
I'm not sure exactly what he thinks he means by that--I mean, I know what he thinks he means, and I would never ever want to offend Our Lord by disrespecting Harry. It just seemed so very strange that he would focus on that one thing. And I mean, again, it sounded like the kind of thing that only someone who doesn't really understand a family's religious traditions would say. As if lighting incense or paying homage to our ancestors would present a problem for Our Lord.
But you didn't stop being Catholic just because Our Lord added you to His Council. And I know Professor Dolohov considers himself both Orthodox and Egyptian, so he technically observes two religions. And like I said, everyone celebrates Christmas and no one thinks that's an issue. I just don't understand why it would even occur to Harry to be so insistent about it. And I mean, he sort of was fierce, especially for him. I mean, I don't know how well you know him but you know he tends to be awfully, well, feeble when it comes to telling people what to do. I'm sure it's something he'll get better at doing, with time, and maybe he was practising? But he was definitely trying to be stern about it. Honestly it was hard not to laugh, because he was terribly sincere, and it's such a silly thing for him to decide to care about. Is it just because he doesn't know anything about Hinduism?
So, I'm not really sure what to do. I mean, Harry's Harry, not Our Lord, but on the other hand, he is Our Lord's son and I want to respect that, of course. But he just doesn't know what he's saying. Or rather, he doesn't understand why what he's saying is rubbish. And I don't want to upset or offend him but it's really rather ridiculous to take that sort of an order from him when it's not even something required of being on the Council. I'm trying to think of a way to explain that to him, gently, of course.
Unless, of course, Our Lord does feel that it's problematic? But if He did, then why wouldn't He have asked us to give it up before we swore our loyalty oath?
Well, anyway. I'm interested to hear what you think about it.
With great regard,
Padma
How are you? I hope you're having a good summer. It certainly seems quiet from where the rest of us sit, which must mean you Aurors are keeping us all quite safe!
I wanted to check in with you, as my sponsor. I know that now that I'm on the Council you're technically not responsible for me, but it was your confidence in my skills that helped Our Lord to notice me in the first place. And I know that my actions still reflect on you, so please believe I don't want to do anything that would damage your reputation among our colleagues in any way.
So, I thought you would like to know that since Seamus and I were Marked, Harry has been asking us to accompany him all round the Protectorate. We've been going to camps and schools and things. I think he's touring so that he'll be ready to assume some sorts of responsibilities once we leave school, y'know, and he wants to build up contacts and establish a profile all over the country with administrators and teachers and so on so that when Our Lord puts him in charge of whatever he's to take over, he'll already have relationships with people. Which is really rather clever, honestly. And I'm honoured that he's chosen me and Seamus to go with him, obviously.
But something odd happened when we were on our last outing. We were talking about Pavs' wedding, coming up, and out of nowhere, Harry said that now that I'm on the Council, I'd have to set aside our religion.
Well, I know he doesn't really have a religion, not the same way some of us do--although of course, everyone seems to celebrate Christmas and things like that--so I tried to reassure him that there's no conflict at all between observing my family's traditions and also being a devoted servant to Our Lord. And he sort of squinted at me, y'know, and said that he wasn't saying it as a suggestion.
I'm not sure exactly what he thinks he means by that--I mean, I know what he thinks he means, and I would never ever want to offend Our Lord by disrespecting Harry. It just seemed so very strange that he would focus on that one thing. And I mean, again, it sounded like the kind of thing that only someone who doesn't really understand a family's religious traditions would say. As if lighting incense or paying homage to our ancestors would present a problem for Our Lord.
But you didn't stop being Catholic just because Our Lord added you to His Council. And I know Professor Dolohov considers himself both Orthodox and Egyptian, so he technically observes two religions. And like I said, everyone celebrates Christmas and no one thinks that's an issue. I just don't understand why it would even occur to Harry to be so insistent about it. And I mean, he sort of was fierce, especially for him. I mean, I don't know how well you know him but you know he tends to be awfully, well, feeble when it comes to telling people what to do. I'm sure it's something he'll get better at doing, with time, and maybe he was practising? But he was definitely trying to be stern about it. Honestly it was hard not to laugh, because he was terribly sincere, and it's such a silly thing for him to decide to care about. Is it just because he doesn't know anything about Hinduism?
So, I'm not really sure what to do. I mean, Harry's Harry, not Our Lord, but on the other hand, he is Our Lord's son and I want to respect that, of course. But he just doesn't know what he's saying. Or rather, he doesn't understand why what he's saying is rubbish. And I don't want to upset or offend him but it's really rather ridiculous to take that sort of an order from him when it's not even something required of being on the Council. I'm trying to think of a way to explain that to him, gently, of course.
Unless, of course, Our Lord does feel that it's problematic? But if He did, then why wouldn't He have asked us to give it up before we swore our loyalty oath?
Well, anyway. I'm interested to hear what you think about it.
With great regard,
Padma
