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[alt_hermione]

Sirius, I think --

It seems like I know some people who would like to ask you about some things, I mean people we can trust, really trust, at least enough that I can be go-between, and now that you're officially alive again at least to anyone with a brain, well,

if you wanted to answer some questions, I mean, I could ask them.

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[alt_molly]

He may be Padfoot right now, Hermione.

[alt_sirius]

Molly had it right in one, Hermione. Friday and Saturday evenings are particularly difficult with the beer garden doing its trade. But that's all right; you've probably less leisure to write than I.

Now, about these people and these questions. Well. I'm happy to answer them if we're able to do without compromising our security. But what I'm not sure of is whether your telling them the answer would constitute a violation of your Unbreakable Vow.

I suppose another problem I can foresee is what to do if the person asking the question doesn't much like the answer. Because I'm not going to ask who's asking but - well, I can think of at least a dozen questions people could ask - people in the position to be asking me through you, that is - that might have very harsh answers for them. I shouldn't want the facts to reflect poorly on you or to get you into trouble with anyone. That's really more a problem for me, in crafting my answers, I suppose, than for you in simply saying what I've said.

So, if we can determine to our satisfaction that your acting as a messenger will not bring about your untimely and incredibly unwelcome death, I think I can manage to reply tactfully enough for Pan that the answers shouldn't offend anyone.

[alt_lupin]

Sorry I didn't get a chance to respond to this more quickly, Hermione. As Sirius said, Saturday nights are busy ones; all the more so when I need to get things in order such that my absence on Monday night isn't noticed.

I, for one, am more than a little curious about what your trusted friends would like to ask. You should probably do your best to avoid any details that would identify them to us with any certainty. I'm sure we all have our suspicions, but it would be safer for everyone if we don't know.

Molly and Arthur -- on one hand, I respect that you're worried about your children becoming involved too quickly. On the other, I look at Percy and know how much you don't want your other children to follow in his path. There's no danger of that with the Twins, I'm sure, but Ron is being courted by Dominic Selwyn. At this point it seems unlikely to turn his head, but you never know. And Ginny seems particularly impressed with anything that suggests wealth and glamour.