Robbie: Tab, he showed me the message, and I honestly don't think I've seen the kid ever be so straight forward about how he was feeling. This isn't me trying to start a fight, sometimes a kid just needs to talk and have someone they trust listen. Even just being as straightforward as 'I don't know how to help but if you need someone to talk through it with, I'm here' is better than 'I suggest therapy.' Because, even to me, someone who /does/ know you, that sounds dismissive. Besides, I guess it's not even a matter of knowing us? We're the ones that are poised to be the ones that they look up to, y'know, the ones they /want/ to come to first. That's just part of being a teacher right? You're a part time guidance counselor too.
Robbie: You could always invite them here, couldn't you? I don't think McGonagall would be opposed to that, she knows how rough of a time it is right now.
Robbie: I meant the idea, mostly. It was a craze in America to burn 'witches' at the stake. Which, I guess it is different, but still. And yeah, it is a nightmare. Besides, if it was a surprise attack, I'm not sure how they'd be able to get a picture anyways. Unless there's something far more sinister going on.
TabiText: If that's the case, then as a coworker and friend, I'm having trouble not finding offense, honestly. You read the message and thought it was inappropriate, but rather than reach out to me about it, you just let him think I was dismissing him and let _me_ think that the reason he shut me out me was because of what I said, not how I said it? So it feels like either you believed I was that callous or you don't care about what quality of "guidance counselor" I am.
TabiText: There isn't going to be time, Robbie. They're both going to be all but completely booked over the holidays.
TabText: True. But things are so global nowadays, I wouldn't be surprised if this muggle got the idea from American history. Ugh, let's not even think about it. I'm just going to choose to believe that now that the Aurors have a solid lead, they can shut down the whole operation. They are just muggles, after all.