Order Only: Private message to Alice, Remus, Poppy and Hydra

[alt_rachel]

Haruman Patil turned up this morning to help in the hospital wing. We sat down for a chat a little while ago, and I told him our proposal: Miss Patil will turn herself in and debrief with us complete, giving us a full account of her own actions and any intelligence we might find useful. We will not use cruciatus on her, nor any other form of torture, now or in the future. She will serve five years in prison; before her release she will take an Unbreakable Vow to refrain from all use of the Cardinals Unforgiveables, as well as any spell that will cause death if cast properly. She will then serve an additional five years where she is supervised by someone who regularly inspects her wand for Dark spells; during those five years, she will seek out opportunities for service to muggles. At the end of this, she will be deemed rehabilitated and allowed to fully move on with her life (though I don't think we should ever lift the Vow).

Haruman's counterproposal was this. The debriefing, the Vow, the supervision, those are all fine with him. But he wants her imprisoned just until the end of the war, and he wants her somewhere other than Saltash and to be allowed to use her journal, at least as her jailers have time to supervise her. In exchange for these considerations, he's offering us Sean Finnigan. Not Seamus. Sean.

Thoughts?

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[alt_rachel]

Maybe he knew, or maybe he worked out that he must be or I wouldn't waste my time recruiting him.

He said he didn't know he was a legilimens till he joined MLE, just thought he was good at reading people. But he did notice he couldn't read me anymore, not like he could back when we were in school.

[alt_hydra]

Oh, yes, of course you would have gone to school together.

Did he mention Daphne at all? I forget if I said, but she was his cousin.

[alt_rachel]

He didn't mention her. Neither did I. Though that's part of why I thought it might be worth trying to recruit him.

[alt_hydra]

Well I don't know if they were close, exactly, but they did see each other now and then. I had the impression that she found him frustrating, somehow.

Anyway, I hope he can give us something, even if it's small.

[alt_rachel]

Oh, and we didn't just go to school together. He's also an ex. Fortunately I've stayed on good terms with most of my exes.

Not sure how awkward that's going to be, yet.

[alt_hydra]

Oh really? But -

He dates Sarah Yaxley sometimes. She's really bizarre and eccentric and dark. Not like you at all.

But then I don't have an inside impression of you at all, I suppose.

[alt_rachel]

Jason dates a lot of people. Or has, in the past. Sarah's just one of the more public.

I'm not sure if he'd say she's like me, or not. Not that I'm bizarre or eccentric, or a photographer. Probably he was drawn to different things in the two of us.

But yes, since he knew me before I learned the transformation, he did get at least a glimpse of a part of me you'll never see.

[alt_hydra]

It's funny how in just a few years I've got used to being able to see people inside and out. Even if they've been taught to occlude, it's impossible to do it all the time, especially when you're around a legilimens you consider a friend.

It makes me intensely intrigued by the people I can't read.

But I'll try not to ask you too many personal questions.

[alt_rachel]

That's, what, me, Sirius, Terry, Ron? Except you were able to read Ron for years.

You can ask me whatever you'd like, Hydra, if I don't want to answer your questions I'll just tell you I'm not going to answer.

[alt_hydra]

Oh yes, Ron was very easy to read for many years.

I don't have questions now, but thank you just the same.