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I know I've made an entry like this before, but I thought it might be apt to make a new one considering how official things have become lately.

[ Hermione looks at the camera, initially nervous but gathering in her own determination, expression tightening before she continues to speak, careful and measured and making sure she doesn't rush her words. Anyone that hasn't seen her since June will have heard the rumours of her duel and will see the mark of it on her face - a scar, healed now, covering the left side of her from her brow down across her cheek. ]

My name is Hermione Granger and my friend Dorian Gray and I run a business called Artefacta. Together, we make and produce potions, runes and protective enchantments for you to use for whatever you happen to be doing while you're here in the Drabwurld. We can also create and enchant items for communication, generally compasses, should you need that for anything - or if the lockets stop working as they did this past year.

[ She nods her head, turning the camera to show off the cloaks, compasses and set of vials that litter the desk she's sitting behind. ]

If you need something please feel free to contact us privately or visit me at the White Citadel. Tell the guards outside my door you're here on business and I'll make sure they let you in.

[ Unfortunately, since January, Hermione has had her rooms on lockdown, just to be safe. Only a few people are allowed in without permission and, generally, people looking to buy things are not on that list.

But - she continues. ]

I've also been learning to duel and swordfight over the last year and I was hoping to find someone who wouldn't mind sparring or practising with me. Nothing professional or intense, I'm hardly that good, but a little something to make sure I don't go out of shape would be nice. Let me know? And... Thank you. In advance.

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Formalities have their place.

[ And Gabranth is rarely one to disregard them. Still, there's a wryness in his tone that he can't quite mask. ]

Of course, if you wish me to set them aside, then so be it.

Not when we're becoming friends. Formality - and politeness - is for strangers.

[ And teachers and officials. And monarchs. But not between friends. ]

Just my name is absolutely fine.

[ That anyone here would call him friend — that anyone would ever do so, even if he hadn't been caught in this land for so long — is still something he doesn't expect. It's not even something he's entirely sure he should believe. But he'll hardly be so rude as to deny it. ]

Hermione it is, then. [ As he speaks, he huffs out a laugh of his own. ] I'll be sure to remember it once our blades have crossed.

That's more like it.

[ And her soft, pleased tone is an indication of the fact that she's smiling, almost fond. Still, she can't help her short burst of laughter. ]

Don't go too easy on me.

You needn't fear that. What good would it serve, when our foes are certain to be far less forgiving?

[ Not that he intends to go too hard on her either. Then again, it's been so long since he had a proper spar that his perception of easy and hard might be a bit skewed. ]

[ He does make a good point and it almost makes her a little more excited to start - she wasn't an incredible duelist but after a year of training and a little more than that in swordwork... ]

I think it's going to be very interesting.

[ Interesting might not be the word he would use for it himself, but he's not about to discount it. ]

Good. Enthusiasm can only serve you well, so long as you keep your wits about you.

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