[ Albus doesn't know what to say to that at first. Part of him wants to grab hold of Scorpius' hands and drag him close and assure him that everything is going to be all right no matter what. That Albus will protect him. He wants to run his fingers through his hair, press their foreheads together, kiss him.
That last thought is enough to startle him back into reality. When he smiles it's sharp and a little bitter. That's not going to happen now, is it? ] I'm not in Riddle's course, it's probably he's avoiding Potters if he knows what happened. [ A breath. ] but Grindelwald's class, he's so... [ His brow furrows. ] He's so brilliant, Scorpius. He makes casting easy in ways no one else ever did and I don't feel like a bloody failure when I'm in there. I don't understand how someone with that kind of skill can just go off and do the things he did. His goal seemed so noble but the way he did it was so...
[ He pauses. ] Do you think that this kind of place could change them for the better? I think probably Riddle's past saving already but Grindelwald, I don't know, his goal was to abolish the statute but if he could be turned from the part about ruling over Muggles instead of coexisting... [ He sounds almost ashamed to say it. But it's there, in the open, and he searches Scorpius' face for a reaction. ] If he could be turned from the methods he used, it might've worked.
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That last thought is enough to startle him back into reality. When he smiles it's sharp and a little bitter. That's not going to happen now, is it? ] I'm not in Riddle's course, it's probably he's avoiding Potters if he knows what happened. [ A breath. ] but Grindelwald's class, he's so... [ His brow furrows. ] He's so brilliant, Scorpius. He makes casting easy in ways no one else ever did and I don't feel like a bloody failure when I'm in there. I don't understand how someone with that kind of skill can just go off and do the things he did. His goal seemed so noble but the way he did it was so...
[ He pauses. ] Do you think that this kind of place could change them for the better? I think probably Riddle's past saving already but Grindelwald, I don't know, his goal was to abolish the statute but if he could be turned from the part about ruling over Muggles instead of coexisting... [ He sounds almost ashamed to say it. But it's there, in the open, and he searches Scorpius' face for a reaction. ] If he could be turned from the methods he used, it might've worked.