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[alt_antonin]

I will be offering a workshop on effective use of chaining offensive spells in battle in the training salle on Monday evening for students who have earned admission to the salle. If you are interested, join me there after supper, dressed for exercise. Please prepare by thinking of five or six spells you feel would chain together well.

Admission will be limited to twenty students. If there is more interest than that, I will happily hold another session later in the week.

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Private message to Padma

[alt_antonin]

Professor Desai has let me know she has offered to show you around the facilities in New London next weekend, and I let her know that sounded like an excellent idea. I cannot think of a better mentor for life as a witch in Our Lord's service.

I would, however, still like the chance to spend some time with you outside the classroom, and while thinking upon what might suit, it occurred to me that you might be interested in an introduction to my favourite bookshop. It is a mostly-secondhand shop in Nocturne that specialises in services for the scholar, including an excellent selection of books ranging from the useful to the esoteric, a book-search service where they will both hunt down specific titles for you and set aside books from their new arrivals that fall within your areas of interest, and several reading carrels for those times when you need a quick consultation across a number of books not often found in public libraries but do not need to purchase the books for later use. From the days before Our Lord rose to power, the public face of the shop is a rather unassuming estate bookstore; the proprietress saves her best work for those who will truly appreciate it, and an introduction from someone who is already known to her would save you some tedious time of proving your bona fides.

If you are interested in a visit, do let me know. I would be happy to bring you into New London on a weekend when your schoolwork is not overwhelming, or we can plan a visit over hols.

In service,
Antonin

Re: Private message to Padma

[alt_padma]

Headmaster,

I'm so sorry, I'm terribly behind in answering people. Thank you for the offer; it sounds lovely and I'd be quite pleased to go.

Thank you, also, for coming to the lake tonight. It was--well, it's something we always do, but having Professor Desai lead it, and knowing that she and you both supported it, meant a lot. In more ways than one.

Padma

Re: Private message to Padma

[alt_antonin]

No need to apologise -- you are very busy, after all. The next time I'm heading to the bookstore in person I shall let you know; what good is Council membership if one cannot use it for small perks such as skiving off an afternoon of classes occasionally?

I was pleased to be there. I've always found Diwali a beautiful celebration; I was welcomed to the celebrations of a friend in Geneva several times throughout the years. I've always found it interesting how many cultures have similar celebrations. Some things are universal, I suppose.