TFLN

[plungeintofire]

You know what you must do.

Comments

[greatestgood]

I like your arrogance. You needn't hide it.

[chambermusicandtenpins]

Perhaps I don't like my arrogance, though?

[greatestgood]

Why not? You've earned it.

[chambermusicandtenpins]

I prefer to keep myself humble. It keeps me in check.

[greatestgood]

In check for what? You have no one to answer to.

[chambermusicandtenpins]

What if I need to stay accountable to myself?

[greatestgood]

I think you are too hard on yourself.

[chambermusicandtenpins]

I think I need to be, all things considered.

[greatestgood]

It could be different for you. All of those little voices could be silenced.

[chambermusicandtenpins]

And if I don't trust myself without them?

[greatestgood]

Then you can trust me.

[chambermusicandtenpins]

Trust you to be those little voices?

[greatestgood]

I can speak quietly.

[chambermusicandtenpins]

Perhaps. But I don't know who I'd be without my little voices.

[greatestgood]

You might be more like me.

[chambermusicandtenpins]

I think I need to be as much like myself as I can be. We can't balance each other if we're exactly the same.

[greatestgood]

Well if you must. I would welcome you either way, but we are healthier with you as you are now.

[chambermusicandtenpins]

Mm, exactly. Besides, I think you would like me less if I were exactly the same as you. It'd be boring to talk to me if I always agreed.

[greatestgood]

I don't often talk to myself in a mirror. When I do, I wish I were with you instead. [Is that romance?]

[chambermusicandtenpins]

[Dumbledore thinks it is!] How sweet of you. When that happens, you should send me a note instead. Perhaps I'll write back.

[greatestgood]

You are asking for pure nonsense. [But he will deliver the letters anyway.]

[chambermusicandtenpins]

Do you expect anything less from me, Gellert?

[greatestgood]

There is genius hidden in your nonsense.

[chambermusicandtenpins]

You flatter me, Gellert.

[greatestgood]

I would never lie about genius.