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[livedtwice]

Hello again. I've been giving a bit of advice out to people who need help with dealing with lost ones. I've never used it myself, actually, but it doesn't seem like a bad idea. When we got here, me and my friends, we were astonished we couldn't speak to anyone from back home. Back home, you just send an owl, you see, and you can usually find anyone you're looking for. Well, here, that isn't really possible, especially if someone's gone.

[Harry pauses to carefully consider his words. He doesn't want to sound like someone who's experienced a lot of loss, which makes this harder. His parents, Sirius, they'll wonder why he's so used to this, so he decides to leave that part out. If anyone wishes to know, he'll tell them somewhere else—or just hope that his parents aren't so involved that they'll listen to every conversation he has. They haven't given him that impression, anyway.]

My point is—I've recommended that people write letters. They might find their way to where they belong sooner or later. Luna liked the idea, and I've been considering taking it up myself. And that's just to tell people from home things.

So ... yeah. It might help. But sorry for all your losses.

[Harry feels like that's enough.]

There is one more thing. I contacted a number of people about training. Merlin, Lancer ... others. But then the battle happened and my parents showed up, and, er, most of the meetings were meant to take place during that battle, which obviously, they just couldn't. Since the bracelets have still been acting up, I've been holding off on contacting anyone again, but if you received a message from me, I'm still very much interested. I'd make it easier and contact you directly, but I'm not counting on the messages making it to you just yet.

Right, that's all.

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[dragonspeak]

The letters are a good idea. Not everyone does it, but I've gotten a few before, from friends who have gone.

Anyway, when did you want to meet?

[Video]

[livedtwice]

Yeah. Naturally, this would be in the reverse, but it'd be a start.

And soon—maybe tomorrow? I have books on runes, so I might focus on those independently, so we can start with just healing.

[madcuriosity]

That's a very lovely idea, Mr. Potter! Also, I'm happy your parents came to Asgard... oh ah... unless that's... not a good thing?

[livedtwice]

It's ... a good thing, I'd say. A very good thing. Though it is a little strange that they're here and younger. I hadn't thought I'd ever wonder if my parents were older or younger than me.

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[nukeoleptic]

do you really think the letters are a good idea?
i am pretty sure they would just make people feel worse

[ Okay, so - maybe she has literally just lost someone pretty important to her. ]

[text]

[livedtwice]

The reason for the letters is that, if they come back while you're gone, you can get them. Or the other way around. The idea is that you're putting into words what you never had a chance to say.

With me and Luna, we'd be writing to a friend back home. Or with those who have lost people, they're writing to someone who has gone already, just in case they've already returned.

It might make them feel worse to know that they've lost each other, but it ... might help, too.

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[needsnoheadsman]

[Robb's been avoiding talking on the network since Arya's disappearance--the wound is too raw, too fresh to expose right now, even just to tell others that she's gone. This is the first time in days that he's actually using it, and Harry's advice sounds...not all that bad.

He smiles, ruefully, before he speaks.]

I have to admit, it's a better idea than what I had in mind.

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[livedtwice]

Whoever it is may never see it, but ...

Honestly, I wish I'd thought of it sooner.

And ... I'm sorry you've lost someone already, especially since we turned up at the same time, right?

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[tonsofpun]

... you really think they'll find their way back? Like- they'll just fall in the warp stream or something?

[Despite the flippant tone, there's something to this. ... she knows what letters can hold. But that's if they get there.]

[Video]

[livedtwice]

No ... admittedly, I don't.

But if they do turn up, it'll be easier to speak to them. Or the other way around: they turn up and you've gone. Sometimes it's something like this that can make you realize you've never said what really needs to be said.

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[dilectio]

[ ... LILY DOESN'T KNOW HOW TO PRIVATE MESSAGE PEOPLE VERY WELL UHHH like she went to Harry's name specifically but seriously this caught her attention because it's really thoughtful, but also- ]

Merlin, really?

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[livedtwice]

The real Merlin. He's—he's brilliant, actually, and kind, and he's humble, which ... considering he's the greatest wizard ever, you really wouldn't think so.

King Arthur is here, too.

[neverymind]

But how will the letters get there if they're in another universe? That doesn't make sense!

[livedtwice]

They won't. Honestly, it's why I thought it was a weird suggestion at first, but there might come a time when they can get them here. Or perhaps we'll all return home, and remember the war, and the letters will find their way to who they belong to. It would be a way of letting them know how you felt during their absence.

voice.

[empowers]

Writing letters won't bring them back. [ Her tone is cold, and bitter, and a little annoyed. How stupidly optimistic of you, Harry. ]

voice.

[livedtwice]

Of course it won't.

Honestly, it's for the benefit of people writing them. If that's something they're ... interested in.

[Video]

[horlogerie]

Letters? Just...write them and keep them?

[Video]

[livedtwice]

Yeah, just write them and keep them. It's like a ... diary, I guess, but with a more specific audience.

[Video]

[saving_sound]

Letters...?

[She never really thought about it herself, but--]

...Maybe I'll do it, too.

[Video]

[livedtwice]

It might be something to start. I'm surprised so many people are interested in it. But then, I guess some are still skeptics.

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[wasthemaster]

[There's a lot that can be said here, but it's probably best to be said as someone other than Draco Malfoy. So who does he want to pretend to be today...]

Two questions for you in regards to your suggestions.

First of all, what if the owl couldn't find who you were looking for? What do you do with an unsendable letter?

And secondly, why exactly do you think it would help rather than be a hinderance?

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[livedtwice]

Usually, the owl will return. It's the way that it goes.

And I don't really think it could be a hindrance, unless someone has a hard time writing down what they're thinking. But writing letters in general isn't that difficult, it's sometimes the matter of what you put into the letter that makes the difference.

[emperor_with_no_groove]

Letters, huh…? [An interesting thought… He immediately thinks of his friend, who had died back home and suddenly shown up here.] For things left unsaid or something?

[His gaze hardens a little as he recalls the recent ghost activities.] Is this all because of those ghosts?

[And of course, pinged by training.] Hey, it’s good to see other people being serious about training! What kinda power did you get?

[livedtwice]

No, though I guess that would be one reason.

[For Harry, even if the ghosts themselves were far more aggressive and less autonomous than what he's used to, they weren't that strange and wouldn't call for this.]

It's because a lot of people have lost someone recently. I guess it's been a particularly bad stretch of it.

[He pauses because, well, subject switch.]

And I got damage drain, which is part of why I need to be serious about other areas.

voice;

[digophelia]

Letters? It won't work for some.

voice;

[livedtwice]

I know. I guess the suggestion is more for those that it would work for.