She should say yes. She should suggest Meda take Cissa around muggle stores and cafes, both to avoid relatives and to contribute to peacemaking. Cissa feels uncomfortable around muggles—such alien beings, never knowing how at any moment they might behave—but it was ridiculous to feel threatened by them when they were literally powerless next to her… And because of that powerlessness, she's never seen them as such an active problem, as some others do. The idea of… intimacy with one… it repels her, but Meda isn't her, and never was… And Meda's not asking Cissa to understand or attempt any such thing. Just spend time as they used to, with each other.
At the same time: it would draw attention. It didn't matter that they wouldn't encounter any of their kind—or if they did, it would be equally damning to them. There were still those who would know. Who might be monitoring. And many of them—including Cissa—were under no illusion that the Dark Lord was gone for good. Making peace with her sister out of context was one thing. To go among muggles… the possible repercussions for Draco…
Even above her sister—above her husband or parents—far, far above Cissa herself—Draco was that sole, highest inviolable.
…But Andromeda… Yes, perhaps Meda could be so generous and forgiving (it was still Meda, after all) as to truly be 'content' with only letters. It still felt… This was the moment in any polite acquaintance to offer/accept more; let alone a close relation…
Oh, you know what… I am a Malfoy and a Black. That gives me power, doesn't detract from it.]
Then we should.
[She couldn't further entertain the wildly extreme idea of entering the muggle realm—so the lesser infraction was more imaginable.]
Do you have time tomorrow? We could—
[The shopping area Cissa suggested was not as central to all eyes and gossip as Diagon or Knockturn, but still a part of their community. She hoped it was a sensible compromise, not an insult.
She needed to protect Draco. But she truly missed her sister.]
I should have thought about that… ;) Can it be after since her opinion evolves from having Draco?
Oh…
She should say yes. She should suggest Meda take Cissa around muggle stores and cafes, both to avoid relatives and to contribute to peacemaking. Cissa feels uncomfortable around muggles—such alien beings, never knowing how at any moment they might behave—but it was ridiculous to feel threatened by them when they were literally powerless next to her… And because of that powerlessness, she's never seen them as such an active problem, as some others do. The idea of… intimacy with one… it repels her, but Meda isn't her, and never was… And Meda's not asking Cissa to understand or attempt any such thing. Just spend time as they used to, with each other.
At the same time: it would draw attention. It didn't matter that they wouldn't encounter any of their kind—or if they did, it would be equally damning to them. There were still those who would know. Who might be monitoring. And many of them—including Cissa—were under no illusion that the Dark Lord was gone for good. Making peace with her sister out of context was one thing. To go among muggles… the possible repercussions for Draco…
Even above her sister—above her husband or parents—far, far above Cissa herself—Draco was that sole, highest inviolable.
…But Andromeda… Yes, perhaps Meda could be so generous and forgiving (it was still Meda, after all) as to truly be 'content' with only letters. It still felt… This was the moment in any polite acquaintance to offer/accept more; let alone a close relation…
Oh, you know what… I am a Malfoy and a Black. That gives me power, doesn't detract from it.]
Then we should.
[She couldn't further entertain the wildly extreme idea of entering the muggle realm—so the lesser infraction was more imaginable.]
Do you have time tomorrow? We could—
[The shopping area Cissa suggested was not as central to all eyes and gossip as Diagon or Knockturn, but still a part of their community. She hoped it was a sensible compromise, not an insult.
She needed to protect Draco. But she truly missed her sister.]