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[ and so the slayer cracks open her locket once again. not, as some might anticipate, to comment aloud about the woeful state of animal welfare in these lands (as others already have. instead, she has a far more personal bone to pick. some domestic fat to chew. ]

Uhm. Pop quiz: where's the best place in the Drabwurld to raise a...teenager? [ she almost says 'kid', but corrects herself at the last moment. last thing she needs is yet another i'm not a kid argument with dawn. ] You know. Temporarily. Until we find a way outta this Ren-Faire disaster. Until then, I wanna know it all. Crime stats; outlet malls; hip-but-age-appropriate dance clubs. Preferably the kind where they definitely don't serve minors. [ each item is ticked off on her fingers. ]

O-oh! And schools. Please tell me there's at least one rinky-dink town that includes whatever counts as high school's wacky medieval cousin. [ because dawn summers is not dropping out by default. or so buffy vainly believes. she just hopes there are no hellmouths lurking about to interfere with math class. ] Knowledge is power, right?

[ funny. she never cared that much about the plight of kidnapped teenagers before now. but with the sudden arrival of the little sister, everything's changed. time to settle down and find herself a dependable chore chart, figure out a good curfew, and start disapproving of all of dawn's new friends. ]

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I'd imagine somewhere in the inner cities might work, maybe where there's less Shardholder activity. We seem to attract trouble?

[ Hermione has no idea who needs this kind of thing but she can only imagine it has something to do with a family member. She'd try and do the same if she had a sibling or someone close. ]

I'm really not sure about school, though... I can't imagine they'd teach anything that we're used to at home.

She's fifteen. She can't just not go.

Well, no, trust me, I understand just how important school is. I just want to make sure that she learns her is -- useful? I'm not sure that subjects the teachers or professors would offer here.

[ she can't just come out and say she knows dawn's capable of speed-learning dead languages. that's just not the done thing. but she does respond with a gentle: ] I'm not too concerned about the reading, writing, and 'rithmatic. It's the other stuff.

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I could help with some things, if you wanted. I tutored some of the younger children when I was at school?

You did? That's...great.

[ really. it was. buffy can see dawn as the brains-having type, and she wants the girl to associate with others of that calibre. heaven knows buffy couldn't do it herself. ] I'm not exactly flush with cash-flow at the moment...

[ so she can't pay you for tutoring. ]

That's fine, really. I wouldn't want to be paid - I like learning and doing homework and that sort of thing. I've honestly missed it a little.

[ She smiles brightly. ]

My name is Hermione. Hermione Granger. You can send her my way if you'd like.

[ she's just going to pretend like that name isn't a big freaking deal. breath in and out and pretend. ]

D-Dawn. My sister's name is Dawn. I'll -- uhm -- get right on that.

[ uh. ]

Good! I'll keep an ear out and she and I can sit down and talk about what she wants to learn and what she's interested in.

[ it's not like buffy knows the books hermione's from -- that would require reading. but she's friends with some pretty big reader-types. and so...! familiarity by osmosis. still. ]

I guess that's one thing the lockets are shockingly good for. Long-distance learning. Maybe?

Definitely. But I can travel anywhere rather easily, thanks to my magic. If she wants to meet in person I could do that as well. Whatever is easier for you all.

Riiight. Because you're a witch. I knew that.

[ real smooth. real cool. good job, buffy. ]

-- I said that already?

[ She doesn't remember saying she's a witch. It happens, though. ]

But that's right. I can apparate - teleport.

I -- uhm -- deduced it. You mentioned magic. Witches do magic. And...

[ oh what the hell. ] I've met witches before. It's not an insane leap of logic.

[ but it kinda was. ]

No, you're right, it's not. I'm still getting used to non-magical people being so aware of witches and wizards - even after months here.

[ Of course, Hermione. She shakes her head, letting her smile widen. ]

You can tell your sister I'll teach her whatever I can.

A good friend of mine used to be here. A really wicked wicca. [ ... ] Wicked as in cool-strong-awesome. Not, y'know, wicked as in of the west.

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