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_{He smiled slightly as he saw her perk up. No matter how strange the situation, he couldn’t help but smile when a child was happy.“Umm, no…” he said, scrambling for some excuse as to how he knew about the school, “I’m a muggle but… my sister is a witch.” There, that would be sufficient.}

         When he offered up an explanation, she felt satisfied enough with it to drop the little bit of suspicion she had of him. “I see. You know, I used to believe I was only a muggle, too. I am not sure how it happened, but while being a witch is nice and all, sometimes I do miss the simplicity.” She paused, giving him a smile. “I do wonder, though.. what house was your sister sorted into?"