[Scorpius doesn't recognize them for the gift that they are, but he files the facts away the same he does all the information he encounters. His mind is full of facts and trivia, only a small portion of which has actually been useful in his life.
"not even the Minister" sounds off to him somehow. Given the date, it should be Bagnold, who wasn't as incompetent as her successor by any measure, but certainly wouldn't rank for "surprising that they don't know what's going on" after Dumbledore.] Who is Minister, by the way?
[please don't say voldemort please don't say voldemort]
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"not even the Minister" sounds off to him somehow. Given the date, it should be Bagnold, who wasn't as incompetent as her successor by any measure, but certainly wouldn't rank for "surprising that they don't know what's going on" after Dumbledore.] Who is Minister, by the way?
[please don't say voldemort please don't say voldemort]