( #003 )

[brainiest]

Who: Hermione Granger and you!
Broadcast: Fleetwide
Action: On the Vanquish
When: 30/11 onwards

I think it might be time for me to ask for a little bit of advice.

I've been here a while, now, and I'm normally very good at not missing people. I used to give people tips on how to feel better about it, and it used to work for me, too, back when I was in the Drabwurld and there was a war to focus on. I would go and look in the library, but I can't imagine there's much of a help section there - dreadful, honestly - so.

If anyone has any suggestions on how to cheer yourself up, I'd be glad to hear it.

(Also: I have potions for all the ships on the fleet, now. If you'd like a set for your Lab, please let me know and I can bring them over!)

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[takingkarabusiness]

I've found that just surrounding myself with the friends I do have here is a huge help. It doesn't bring the people I miss closer to me, but it makes me appreciate who I do have.

Otherwise, sometimes you just have to be sad.

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[brainiest]

I don't think I could ever forget what I have here. I'm incredibly lucky to have all the friends I do have.

I'm just concerned that if I let myself be sad then I won't be able to stop.

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[takingkarabusiness]

Why?

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[brainiest]

I'll just spend all my time thinking about the people I've left behind and all the things I still need to do. It's hard to drag yourself out of that - I've been there before.

[takingkarabusiness]

I do understand. I lost everything, once, and loss never really gets easier. But for me, thinking about all the things I still need to and CAN do motivates me to keep going. Maybe I couldn't save everyone, but if I can help just one more person, it means everything to them.

[brainiest]

That's how I felt, as Marchioness. It never felt like enough, not really, but when I was able to help one person, or stop a family from suffering, or learn something that could do some good... It made everything else worthwhile.

[takingkarabusiness]

Marchioness?

[brainiest]

Oh! I was one of the five leaders of a Citadel in the Drabwurld and helped run things and organise the army. It was one of my titles.

[takingkarabusiness]

That sounds pretty important.

[brainiest]

Someone had to do it, and that someone just happened to be me.

[takingkarabusiness]

It seems like more than that.

[brainiest]

How do you mean?