[Is he suggesting that "bigger than ourselves" might expand to "bigger than Family"?!? Nono, perish the thought. She decides not even to respond to that one. (Or believes it's a decision she makes, rather than her hitting an internal wall.)
To the last, though—always nice to retreat into something on which they agree, low blow as it may be—but Bella does truly invite it. Cissa worries about her future often:]
Have you heard her latest with Binns? If she keeps getting points subtracted from Slytherin, I'm not sure who may upset the cart.
[She didn't necessarily have "friends". But she had a considerable number of people fascinated with and/or afraid of her.]
[ooc: …'cause apparently they're still at school possibly? I can change anything in here ;-) ]
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To the last, though—always nice to retreat into something on which they agree, low blow as it may be—but Bella does truly invite it. Cissa worries about her future often:]
Have you heard her latest with Binns? If she keeps getting points subtracted from Slytherin, I'm not sure who may upset the cart.
[She didn't necessarily have "friends". But she had a considerable number of people fascinated with and/or afraid of her.]
[ooc: …'cause apparently they're still at school possibly? I can change anything in here ;-) ]