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The beginning is a period of confusion, and mixed up opinions that begin to erode and whitewash, until everyone is very unsure of where beliefs have taken everyone around them.

At times, we need to hear the lie to keep living the truth. That is the world.

"I don't care if your heart is so fucking big it doesn't fit in your chest cavity, alright? I don't care if you want to save the world one bunny and house-elf at a time! If you want to save lives then you'll take them! Sacrifice some sleep like the rest of us Granger, and--"

is pink and light, light purple through the leaves on the trees. The wind blows gentle on her cheek, and she closes her eyes and smiles.

Some pleasures in life are very small, but she enjoys them all the same.

Why do you care so much when there's nothing you can do about it? You're always going on about shit you can't ever change, when you should be concentrating on your own bloody life, or problems you can handle. Let it go."

It is feverish, passionate, and mind numbing; it was the best she had felt in a very long time.

That no one has a home?"

"Yeah, and that they find homes in other people. Which is where our need for personal connection comes from, as well as loyalty. You don't burn your own house down unless there's no other option -- that's what she said, remember?"

"As well as that we're all descendants of gypsies, which is why we feel we have to connect with people rather than place."

How if it's sixty degrees outside at night in the summer, we think it's kind of nice out. But on that same summer night, if you walk into a restaurant that sixty degrees, we think it's freezing."

Hermione shrugs. "Humidity outside -- that plays a factor. And it's expectations. We know we're exposed to the elements outside. Inside, we expect to be more cocooned."

"Sort of like people." At Hermione's confused look, Cho continues. "People are harder outside, their facade, because they know they are exposed to the world there. But they don't let people in easily, because they want to be cocooned there. They want to feel safe, at ease -- not like they have to prepare for the next storm or drop in temperature. You know?"

It takes a certain sort of person to deal with you, do you know that? Most men don't want to date you, because you're intimidating."

"Then maybe you should let go of me."

He smirks, dipping his head. "You don't scare me, Granger."