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[alt_antonin]

Students: I am pleased to announce that Our Lord has chosen to honour me with the role of Headmaster of Hogwarts.

As I hope you have all come to believe in the past two years we have been working together, education is a cause that is near and dear to my heart. I am very pleased to be afforded an opportunity to expand my focus from educating students in the Noble Arts to overseeing student education in all the rich and storied traditions of wizarding skill, history, and culture. I am eagerly anticipating the prospect of spending the next few years returning Hogwarts to its glory as a haven for research, scholarship, and wizarding might.

Those of you taking your NEWTs in Noble Arts: I have reserved the prerogative of teaching the NEWT-level classes to myself; I would not wish to give that up. There will, of course, be other staff changes announced over the summer. I look forward to September, and to serving you all and, of course, Our Lord and His vision for the Protectorate's growth.

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[alt_antonin]

There, that's done and dusted, and I can begin making plans a bit more publicly -- or at least begin firing the first salvos in what will undoubtedly be a number of epic battles with the Governors.

If you've had a chance to start on those lists of potential lecturers, do forward them on; I will begin the persuasion. (If you haven't, of course, do not fret about it in the least; I've plenty of prospects to begin wooing on my own.)

I shall avoid asking you the usual tedious questions of how you are doing, but once again, if there is anything I can do -- even if it is just providing company -- say the word.

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[alt_sinistra]

If there is anyone capable of winning such epic battles, I'm quite sure it's you, Toshenka.

The list - come by Wednesday, maybe Thursday? The names are one thing, but I keep wanting to add notes, and then I look at them and I'm quite sure they make no sense outside my head. If you're here and I'm telling you, it'd be easier. If you've the time, mind.

Poppy assures me there is steady improvement. She remains amused at my treating this as an unavoidable research project, I think, but it does mean I can look at my notes and see that there's more walking and more reading, and less being utterly useless on the couch. (Storm brought me a daybed, yesterday. So also less couch in general. He - ah, well, that takes explaining too.)

And I think I might be up to trying a broom again. Maybe. Harry and Cedric said they'd come later this week and spot me. It'd give me more scope for walking if I could, which would be a useful sort of change.

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[alt_antonin]

Wednesday should be fine. Would you like me to bring supper? In the cuisine of my mother's people, meals are often composed of a wide variety of dishes and one is expected to graze widely and eat small amounts of many things; would that novelty suit, or would you prefer more familiar flavours? (Berry will be overjoyed to feed us, either way.)

I am certain Poppy is amused but not surprised. I am so very pleased that you are making such steady improvement, though. And a return to flying seems like just the thing. (For you, mind you, not for me. But Messrs Marvolo and Diggory are a good choice in supervision.)

I have encouraged Miss Perks to contact you, meanwhile, if she has time between her internship -- the excuse will be that Healer Korotkova has set her to reading German and the translation spells are as bad as translation spells usually are, but in truth it's because I thought you might want to see her. If you can think of any other of the children who would raise your spirits, let me know; I will work out some way to maneuver them your way.

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[alt_sinistra]

The theory on food at the moment is that anything that might get me to eat more is worth trying. (Thinking about food is very hard. Still. I hate that.) Please do bring what you'd like, and if that does not work, there will be other kinds here anyway.

I am very good at being diligent, Tosha, really. And I have Cedric's recovery, and yours, and Raz's, to remind me why diligence is in my best interest. I take my potion, and I listen to the required music, and I am doing better at walking further, and reading more, and there is improvement. It is just very uneven sometimes, and I am still so very fuzzy-headed and slow.

And the flying, well. At least it gives me slightly more scope. (I really do hate not being able to go anywhere properly, as beautiful as it is here.)

As to Miss Perks, I - last week, I'd have said no. This week, the prospect seems a little appealing. And the excuse pleasant enough, too. Of the others, mmm. Miss Parkinson, though I suspect she's busy with business pursuits. Our Mr Moon is working out here between other projects, and when I am ready for his particular sort of Ravenclawishness, I know where to find him. I think beyond that you might need to suggest people to me, as the orbits in my life are still very narrow, really.

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[alt_antonin]

Oh, darling. Recovery is miserable, particularly when you hit the point where you are feeling better enough that all you want to do is return to your normal routine and be done with all this convalescence business. I have faith you will handle it far better than I ever have.

And if it is any consolation, you at the stage of "fuzzy-headed and slow" can still reason circles around three-quarters of the Protectorate.

I will see you on Wednesday, then, with supper at hand and a list of the possible lecturers I've started Mr Diggory in wooing. (Including several of the people you'd mentioned, such as the Weasley who works with dragons and that author who wrote that excellent book on the Merovingians whose name escapes me at the moment.) And you know if you've a wish to go further afield, you've but to say the word; I will happily escort you wherever you'd like to go, and ensure you will not be bothered.