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"Hmmm," Susan agreed. "I guess it's more thinking wishfully of a time before most of my family was murdered for standing up for what's right, you know? Plus some school nostalgia." She looked at Lucy closely for a moment. She'd always had a weird intuitive suspicion that Lucy hadn't been matched to her wand properly - something that happened far more with purebloods who passed wands down family lines then sensible people like Lucy, who got an Ollivander's original. "Your worth is not measured by your ability to do magic, not in this house anyway," she replied at last.

"Excellent," she replied enthusiastically. "I like the idea of making this. It can be fun little dinner thing for us to do eh? Who knows, maybe your presence means that I'll eat more." She stired the onion medatively for a moment. "So where'd you get the recipe from anyway?"

She pushed the peppers into the mix as she listened to Lucy. "I'm so sorry darling," she said with genuine feeling, wisely deciding to not mention such trivialities as the fact that making sure magic wasn't used in front of Muggles was a major purpose of the Ministry. "Merlin's teeth! I knew you Vanishing Sickness, but goodness I didn't realise you were on the train system" she cried, whirling around in concern. "Did I know this? I feel like I should have known this!" She reached over and grasped the other woman's shoulder warmly and turned back to focus on their dinner. "Yeah, that sounds about right. They always get their way eventually. I'm sorry that you've been forced to leave your comfort zone, but hopefully you'll like living here?"

Susan smiled to herself and nodded. "Good, I'm glad. I imagine whoever tracked you down took a lot of effort to do so."

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