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[sacrificemyself]

[There are several scribbles on the page, making it clear that, though Ron wants to write something, he doesn't know what to actually write. Finally, in an unsteady hand, he jots something down.]

When they leave, do they remember anything? I know I didn't, but... she's smarter than me. She's got to remember us, right? And she'll figure out a way to

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[consultmybooks]

[Well, this is...problematic.

On the one hand? Giles can answer this. On the other hand? Ron really might not like the answer.

In the end, after waffling for several minutes, Giles decides to do what he's gotten very good at in Luceti. Which is to say - lying without actually lying.]

It's entirely possible that the memories of this place remain somewhere in the mind.

But being sent home does...something to stop anyone being able to access them. I don't know if it's the Malnosso, or just something about this place. [But he totally suspects the Malnosso.]

[Written]

[sacrificemyself]

[Ron chews on his lip a bit before answering, as though trying to read between the lines before remembering that he's never been too good at that.]

I was here once, apparently. Don't remember a lick of it, even now. I'd like to think I would, but like I said, she's wicked smart. If she could remember the dates of all the battles in the Giant Wars or whatever, then surely she could remember the two of us being here.

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[consultmybooks]

I was here before, and I remember more or less everything.

No idea why.

[...] But I've always had a good memory. It sounds as though she does, as well.

[Written]

[sacrificemyself]

[The handwriting is almost loopy, Giles. You have definitely lifted this boy's spirits.]

Yeah? That's brilliant! You remembered it all when you got back home and figured out how to come back for your mates?

[Written]

[no_use_running]

When I went home, I didn't remember Luceti. And when I came back, I only remembered being here before gradually.

But, maybe a part of us remembers, somewhere. Memory is something we don't understand well yet.

[Written]

[sacrificemyself]

It's probably just trapped inside out brains or something. After all, even Memory Charms can be reversed.

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[no_use_running]

That's right. And even before I started to remember Luceti again clearly, things I knew very seemed familiar. My friends, too.

[And even when the Dark Kingdom took her memories, a part of her still knew them, because she searched for them when they leaked through.]

[Written]

[sacrificemyself]

But you remembered it all at home, though, right? Or at least felt like you knew something that you'd remember soon?

[Written]

[nearlychosen]

She wasn't sent home. She found her way back.

If it just seems like she's taking too long to come for the rest of us, that's just because rhere's time charms on this place. It could take her an hour to get back here, but her hour might be years for us.

[Written]

[sacrificemyself]

What, she told you that? Before she left? Did her clothes and stuff just disappear when she wasn't here anymore?

But... if she's back where she's supposed to be... why would she come back? We're all from different times. So as far as she knows, she's already got me and Harry there with her, and you're right where you're supposed to be at Hogwarts. I know that if she told me that she needed to go to another world and bring me back, I'd think she was a nutter and tie her up for her own good.

[Written]

[nearlychosen]

She didn't tell me that, but it's the only thing that makes sense. She was probably taken in the first place because she was getting too close.

She'll come for us because we'd come for her.

[Written]

[sacrificemyself]

Too close to what?

But... it wouldn't make sense, from her eyes. And what if I - the other me, I mean - what if we I get her convinced that she's crazy and never had any ruddy wings stuck on her back and that it must've been some kind of dream? What then?

[Written]

[cruxofapotter]

I don't reckon you're all that easy for her to forget.

[A few minutes later, more seriously.] I've heard different things about it.

[Written]

[sacrificemyself]

Wouldn't count on it.

Like what?

[Written]

[cruxofapotter]

There's no telling.

Well obviously you forgot the time you were here before, but I've heard of people who have gone back home and returned and come back here. They sort of remembered, but not really. But when they got here, those memories made more sense.

[Written]

[sacrificemyself]

[There's a pause between responses, as though Ron's actually thinking about something.]

But it's Hermione. She'll remember, and she'll know it right from the beginning.

[Written]

[hisdarkmark]

[Okay, Malfoy, don't be snarky. Now is not the time to be snarky no matter how much you hate Weasley. Hermione's departure wasn't very easy on anyone.]

It depends, probably. With her, it wouldn't surprise me.

[Written]

[sacrificemyself]

[The only reason he responds is because he doesn't immediately recognize the handwriting, and when he does realize who he's replying to, it's too late to really stop.]

I stopped being surprised by the kind of stuff she could pull off a long time ago.

[Written]

[hisdarkmark]

In a way, it's probably best that she was the one who left before the rest of us. [You know. Even if they did lose Luna before that, too.]

[Written]

[sacrificemyself]

[Not to mention Sirius and Remus and Tonks, and oh hey, Ron had even left once, even if he doesn't remember it.] How's that?