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[minister_lupin]

I've spent the vast majority of my adult life living alone so it shouldn't feel odd now that Tonks is no longer staying at my cottage, and yet the quiet is a bit startling. I'd managed to forget what it was like to hear the icy trees groaning as gusts of wind whip through their branches, how loud things truly are in the absence of another soul.

Comments

[jmff]

I think you need to get out more, Sir.

[minister_lupin]

I get out quite a bit, actually. It's surprising how many people like having a Minister at their functions.

[jmff]

I'll remember that the next time I throw a party.

[minister_lupin]

I don't say yes to all of them, you know. Strange as it might seem to someone your age, I do still have a personal life, dull though it may be.

[pottersfield]

Maybe I should try living alone.

[minister_lupin]

It's usually quite a peaceful thing, but there are moments when solitude takes an unpleasant turn.

[pottersfield]

Like when it gets cold out? You don't have to be solitary anymore, you know. I mean, I can see why you developed the habit, but it isn't one you're required to keep up.

[minister_lupin]

Once bitten twice shy, I suppose. Anyway, I can count on one hand the people I've met who aren't interested strictly in the office I represent.

[nott_likely]

Rather melancholy of you, Minister. Isn't this supposed to be the time of the year when people start looking forward to spring, time of change and whatnot?

[minister_lupin]

I'm certainly looking forward to Spring. That doesn't make February any less bleak, however.