Some nights were awful. It was like those distant voices outside knew just what pitch to take to make her feel like her skin was crawling. It was a bit of a blessing that the farm was large enough to be restless without running that much of a risk of disturbing anyone.
She kept her wand close, the tip illuminated and lighting her way as she kept her eyes on the ground, hoping she didn’t have the misfortune of crossing paths with a rat. While it would be easy to dispatch them, it didn’t mean it wasn’t a horrid idea.
For what had to have been the millionth time she wished she was home, or somewhere with thicker walls and slightly less biting air. Well aware that there was no going back, only forward - or eastward as Karsa explained. Lily thought she was holding up quite well all things considered - and while that might have been the case during the day, the night was just too noisy.
It was wiser to keep moving until she got too tired to do anything but sleep.
One turn after another led her towards the study, catching sight of a light coming out of it and slowing, pausing just at the doorway to look inside.
While she could only make out one side of his face what made Lily gape was the wand the young man was using to light his way, just as she was, and holding hers aloft she stepped inside, her surprise written all over her face.
“Excuse me, you’ve got a wand.” Not the best opener and she knew it the moment she said it, but it was very late, and she was too surprised by the familiar sight of an obvious wizard reading by wandlight to be especially tactful.
the slug club of the damned probably, for regulus
She kept her wand close, the tip illuminated and lighting her way as she kept her eyes on the ground, hoping she didn’t have the misfortune of crossing paths with a rat. While it would be easy to dispatch them, it didn’t mean it wasn’t a horrid idea.
For what had to have been the millionth time she wished she was home, or somewhere with thicker walls and slightly less biting air. Well aware that there was no going back, only forward - or eastward as Karsa explained. Lily thought she was holding up quite well all things considered - and while that might have been the case during the day, the night was just too noisy.
It was wiser to keep moving until she got too tired to do anything but sleep.
One turn after another led her towards the study, catching sight of a light coming out of it and slowing, pausing just at the doorway to look inside.
While she could only make out one side of his face what made Lily gape was the wand the young man was using to light his way, just as she was, and holding hers aloft she stepped inside, her surprise written all over her face.
“Excuse me, you’ve got a wand.” Not the best opener and she knew it the moment she said it, but it was very late, and she was too surprised by the familiar sight of an obvious wizard reading by wandlight to be especially tactful.