[Scorpius' eyebrows loft in surprise.] That long? Merlin, no wonder there's no--
[He cuts himself off. Yeah, very subtle. There's no Order, and no resistance, because it's been long enough, people see this is as normal now. This is-- very complicated.
He stirs his own ice cream around the bowl anxiously.] No one's saying anything about it? The curfews and the restrictions? Are they really helping to stop the disappearances, though? [So he knows about those] Don't you find that odd? Never mind that the differences between who counts as a half-blood and who counts as a pure-blood is arbitrary at best--
[Can you make yourself any more obvious, Scorpius? Can you? He cuts himself off again.]
Sorry, I-- It'll have to wait, even with the charm. This isn't the place.
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[He cuts himself off. Yeah, very subtle. There's no Order, and no resistance, because it's been long enough, people see this is as normal now. This is-- very complicated.
He stirs his own ice cream around the bowl anxiously.] No one's saying anything about it? The curfews and the restrictions? Are they really helping to stop the disappearances, though? [So he knows about those] Don't you find that odd? Never mind that the differences between who counts as a half-blood and who counts as a pure-blood is arbitrary at best--
[Can you make yourself any more obvious, Scorpius? Can you? He cuts himself off again.]
Sorry, I-- It'll have to wait, even with the charm. This isn't the place.