it's not his dad obviously it's probably not his grandad which means it's-- any number of malfoy men that came before lucius malfoy and that's a lot. by the time he's gotten there, he's figured out it's probably his great-grandfather abraxas, and second-guessed himself on that a few times.
he finds the open study in the east wing easily enough, peeking in. ah. he should have second-guessed his second-guessing. would that be fourth-guessing or third-guessing?
anyway, it's abraxas, and scorpius is more accustomed to seeing his portrait as an older man, but he's seen his wedding portrait as well, when he was a young man. he recognizes him.]
Uh-- hullo, great-grandad. [well, that's one question down]
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[THIS ISN'T NERVE-WRACKING AT ALL.
it's not his dad obviously it's probably not his grandad which means it's-- any number of malfoy men that came before lucius malfoy and that's a lot. by the time he's gotten there, he's figured out it's probably his great-grandfather abraxas, and second-guessed himself on that a few times.
he finds the open study in the east wing easily enough, peeking in. ah. he should have second-guessed his second-guessing. would that be fourth-guessing or third-guessing?
anyway, it's abraxas, and scorpius is more accustomed to seeing his portrait as an older man, but he's seen his wedding portrait as well, when he was a young man. he recognizes him.]
Uh-- hullo, great-grandad. [well, that's one question down]