for <lj user="into_desire">lolaraincoatApril 22 2007, 17:46:37 UTC
With thanks and birthday greetings to the Sorting Cat, whose inability to count to a hundred was an inspiration.
recipient: into_desire prompt: Hermione explains why the Express runs from nine and three-quarters, but she's wrong. word count: 100 precisely warnings: no sex, no death, some string theory
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If reading in their tent by wandlight helped Hermione escape from the realities of battle, what harm was it?
She brandished The Elegant Universe: "It says that Muggles discovered eleven dimensions - maybe twenty-three!"
"So?" Ginny mumbled.
"The implications are huge! Just for starters, this must explain how Apparating really works. And why we use platform Nine and Three-Quarters. 9.75 corresponds to -"
Ginny interrupted. "Oh, no, Mum told me why. When they made it, everyone figured the first-years couldn't count up to ten."
"But - "
"Go to sleep," Ginny said. "The war will still be there in the morning."
recipient: into_desire
prompt: Hermione explains why the Express runs from nine and three-quarters, but she's wrong.
word count: 100 precisely
warnings: no sex, no death, some string theory
+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
If reading in their tent by wandlight helped Hermione escape from the realities of battle, what harm was it?
She brandished The Elegant Universe: "It says that Muggles discovered eleven dimensions - maybe twenty-three!"
"So?" Ginny mumbled.
"The implications are huge! Just for starters, this must explain how Apparating really works. And why we use platform Nine and Three-Quarters. 9.75 corresponds to -"
Ginny interrupted. "Oh, no, Mum told me why. When they made it, everyone figured the first-years couldn't count up to ten."
"But - "
"Go to sleep," Ginny said. "The war will still be there in the morning."
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