[ Oh. Definitely worse, in some ways. There's a beat of silence on her end this time, and she has to proofread her response twice to make sure it's as tactful as possible. ]
The ship has a history of causing hallucinations, doesn't it?
[ He definitely knows her. And he probably also knows that while she's smart, personal computers are a little beyond both their time and their usual resources, so— ]
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Maybe it was a kitchen utensil or something. It just looked really gold and perfect.
Should probably check you've still got it anyway. In your bag, or your locker still?
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It's right here. I'm holding it in my hand.
Have you also seen the flobberworm, or was that just Sirius?
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But now I'm getting all jumpy.
Nearly thought I heard something just now.
You've got nothing odd going on there have you? Where are you?
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Umm
Well I thought I heard wings.
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[ Are we talking a Snitch or Buckbeak. ]
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Well.
it sounded like Hedwig's wings.
[Which stands to reason, that he wasn't all that sure he had heard anything at all.]
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The ship has a history of causing hallucinations, doesn't it?
[ Tactful. ]
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Yes. Yes I know!
It's not in the library. If we need to do some reading, it'll have to be the network.
[He knows her.]
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Do you know any tricks for searching the network?
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Apparently the Comms department actually had to copy the whole thing down not too long ago. They probably know some way.
Or there a couple different archives, but I don't think it's exhaustive at all.
[Compudurrs why.]