dear_mun | canon is the 'Carrie' remake

[Another frown. He hazards a step closer and leans down a little to look her in the eye.]

Want to talk about it?

[She flinches back, almost out of reflex at this point, and shakes her head with her lips pressed firmly together.]

I-I'd rather not, It...

[It was painful. Humiliating.]

It's something I'd rather not think about, if I don't have to.

[Whoah, okay, he gets the message from that flinch and quickly takes that step back. He raises his hands apologetically and, hopefully, conveying the message that he wasn't going to hurt her.]

Okay.

So what do you want to talk about?

Um...

[Hesitantly-]

She says you're a wizard- m-my mun, that is. But I thought... well. Aren't wizards supposed to be--

[Not 'evil' but... well. 'Wizard' is a lot different from 'telekinetic', in the grand scheme of things.]

You seem too nice, is all.

[Ah. Religious upbringing he's guessing, and he didn't even have to cheat and ask the mun.]

Oh yeah? Know a lot of wizards?

[Actually, she's not far off, but she doesn't need to know that.]

[Right in one- though the cross around her neck probably helps a lot.]

I- no I guess I don't.

[Quietly-]

Sorry, for assuming.

[Ah, crap, right in the heartstrings. He immediately regrets that gentle jab. Good job, Harry, 10/10.]

Don't worry about it, kid.

[He shrugs.]

Truth is, we're just people like anybody else, for the most part.

[It's okay Harry- it's not your fault. It's conditioning by now to just accept that things that happen to her are, somehow, her fault.]

Well then, what makes wizards different? I mean- how does magic even...?

[What decides who gets magic and who doesn't?]

[Ugh. Carrie, there's a certain holy knight he knows that he wouldn't mind introducing your mother to for a nice long sit down on what is and isn't right.]

Birth. Well, that's what makes a wizard anyway. Just doing magic doesn't require any specific bloodlines, just knowing where to look.

[Oh, yeah, just tell the troubled teenager that she can do magic by looking for power in the right places.]

Er... not that you should go looking for that kind of stuff.

[Don't worry, Harry- she's not really the power-hungry type when it comes down to it. And honestly, she has enough as is.]

I guess you're not that much different from me, huh?

[He's more concerned that if she did go for it, she wouldn't have far to look. The forces of darkness would be lined up around the block to offer someone like her just a little bit more. And at reasonable prices.]

Generally speaking? Probably not.

[What's scarier is that given the right incentive, she'd be easy to trick into taking what they offer. She's too trusting.]

What you do... it's a lot different from what I do though, isn't it? Takes more learning?

[Yeah, that? Doesn't exactly fill him with confidence. He'd really rather not see her go down that way.]

Yeah. [He nods.] There's some basics that come naturally but if you want to do it right then it takes practice. Like with anything else.

I can figure that. It'd be dangerous, trying things without knowing what to do, right?

Well, think of it like this. They make you take a test to drive a car and people hardly ever use those to whither crops or sicken livestock.

[That's a joke, kid. It's funny, y'see.]

Oh.

[Yeah she... takes that a little too seriously.]

When you put it that way, I can see why the practice is necessary.

[Yeesh. Tough crowd.]

Yeah. Everything takes practice though.

[Yeah, he means you too.]

[Sorry, Harry- that's just the way she is.]

Yes, I learned that from this power- though you'd think something that comes so naturally would be a lot easier to use.

canon is the 'Carrie' remake

Wait, what? Pig's blood? Oh hell no. You fuck those guys up, Carrie.

oh, she did

Good work, kid. Let's go get ice cream.

oh yay ice cream...!

And the Carrie remake has a happy ending after all.

what a good end really

The best.

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