aciiers:
❛ 𝑔𝑎𝑏𝑝𝑟𝑖𝑚𝑝 , 𝑦𝑒𝑠 , 𝑜𝑓 𝑐𝑜𝑢𝑟𝑠𝑒 , ❜ sirius drawls , though there is sincerity behind it . remembering everything lovegood throws at him would be a gift worth having . at the next abrupt statement , sirius gives a snort , shrugging at xenophilius’ suggestion . ❛ could very well be the case , ❜ he says , sitting back . he hums at the assertion of figuring his family affairs , still at the point of finding the idea rather funny either way . ❛ maybe i’ll need to invite you sometime . i'd say sneak you in , but that’s a lot of effort with very minimal results , considering we’d very likely get caught . my mother’s adding to the traps laid out almost every month or so . ❜
sirius nods long and slow as xenophilius goes on about his astral projections . ❛ outer space ? i’d think so too , really . can’t imagine much of anything interesting happens for a while , if astronomy is anything to go by , ❜ he agrees . he turns to xenophilius with a smirk then , when the thought crosses him , ❛ you visited the dog star yet , then ? i’ll be personally insulted if you haven’t ; it's supposedly rather close . ❜
xenophilius nods. “it’s actually quite opportune, too. i’m due to start a few summer jobs. i can interpret cards for your family, or maybe tutor one of your relatives. my prices are pretty low, but for the black family, i’ll make it steeper. i know you all have the capacity to pay me large sums. i will make my labour as expensive as i can.” and that’s a promise!
“very uneventful up there,” he agrees. “the stars are only good for maybe predicting things that could happen in the future. according to my astronomy work this week, my luck will soon improve in my relations with a pretty girl or i’ll find a cool-looking shrub. i really hope it’s the first one.” xeno tilts his head. “you know that the dog star is just a star, don’t you? it’s the same as all the other stars, just slightly brighter. it’s not shaped like a dog at all. i don’t know why you like dogs so much.”
