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What was your sense of smell like when you were living inside Quirrell's turban? I don't imagine it was acute. At least, I hope not.

For someone who aspires to god-like status, you've lived through some very serious indignities, sometimes for extended periods of time.

Luckily, my senses were not the best when I was affixed to the back of that incompetent man's head. Thank Merlin, in some ways. Though the turbans were washed regularly.

I have indeed experienced some... Things. In hindsight, I consider my adversities as almost an asset. How can one ascend as far if they had already been born on the top of the mountain? I climbed each ledge, suffered each setback, each injury. I can claim my self superior with ease. I wear these scars - proverbial and otherwise - with a new sense of pride.

It was not always like this. I used to feel shame at my circumstances, when I was young and enamored with all pureblood society had to sell me. I was relieved at the blank slate of my new body, no reminder of the man I was, the things I had been through.

Inevitably this body began to collect marks of its own, which distressed me at first - admittedly, I still do take pains to hide them from others, cannot allow my ranks to see me as anything but superhuman. But personally, I feel less distress now when I see them, and more...triumph. A private victory.

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I'm NOT a Boat Squatter

I’m NOT a Boat Squatter

So, you know the story. The winds and waves are in an uproar and the disciples are totally freaked out. They think their lives are about to be taken when here comes Jesus walking on the water. He calls Peter to come to Him. Without any hesitancy, Peter is audacious enough to obey the voice of His Lord. In a bold move, Peter got out of the boat and was actually walking on water. But we know the…