Outside, on the fence.

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George sat through the small drizzle, hair hanging in his face as he worked on keeping himself steady and upright.

He didn't want to be up and out, but his head was pounding from the loud and cheerful inn, and now the rain felt good. He sighed, looking at the wand in his hand. He halfheartedly muttered a light charm, then bowed his head as nothing happened. Still nothing. He couldn't even get into Diagon Alley right now.

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"Rain, yey." Someone plunked down on the low wall behind him. "Hi, George."

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He didn't respond, looking over, trying to figure out which stranger this was.

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Not one he'd met before. It was a small brunette with an hourglass figure and large, soft brown eyes.

She pulled her jacket closer and quirked an eyebrow, giving him a cheerful grin.

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"What?" he looked over, voice soft and dull.

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"I just said hi." She shrugged.

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"Why are you talking to me?" he said blankly, though all that made if off his lips was "Why?"

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"Why not?" she asked softly.

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"Leave me alone please," he said softly.

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"That's kind of rude." She turned to look toward the sea and the empty ferry dock, her dark eyes thoughtful and curious. George seemed forgotten.

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"I'm not good company right now," he said softly.

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"You don't want to be." She spoke as though to the gull that landed to look at them.

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"No. I don't," he closed his eyes and cought himself as he almost fell off the wall backwards.

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"Fred wouldn't appreciate you becoming the living dead."

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"Didn't appreciate being blown up either, I'm sure," he said emotionlessly.

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"You can't do anything about that. This, you can."

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"Right. Let's tear you in half, chuck the better part, and see how well you deal with it," he said. He was sick of people telling him to rebound, like he'd just ruined his favorite pair of jeans or snapped his wand.

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She turned her eyes toward him. "I know some pretty nice corners to die in."

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He just gave her a look, then shook his head. The wall wasn't an escape anymore.

He slowly slid himself off it, then caught it as his legs struggled to awaken and support himself.

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She watched him. "So you don't want to live, but you don't want to die. Is this about revenge? Trying to make everyone else feel as miserable as you?"

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His eyes burned. "Dumbledore send you?" he grunted, turning to walk away, one hand still on the wall.

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"I've never met the man, or communicated with him, in my life," she said, still watching him. "So what will it be? Live or die? We need to know."

The words seemed harsh, but her voice wasn't.

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"You don't need to know anything," he said, head spinning. "None of you do. I'm going home."

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"I'm talking about your family, too."

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"My family... you don't know anything about my family," he turned back and glared at her.

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She quietly related the facts she'd been briefed with, including the fact that someone had accidentally set a plate of breakfast on the table for him this morning.

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Pain flashed through his eyes, and he turned.

"It's none of your buisness. State what everyone knows, I don't care. I'm going home."

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Behind him the small brunette closed her eyes for a moment, then nodded to an unheard communication and vanished with a swish and a slight flash.

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He walked back to the inn, closing his eyes and desperatly wishing for a nexus as he stepped through the doorway.