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PARISA

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[ Matt stayed awake at the party exactly long enough to figure out what the ritual was and that it didn't need his continued participation to succeed. Then he put himself to sleep with a spell and took a little stress siesta.

Now it's a few days later, and Matt has spent most of the intervening time in Harry's room, working on their scale model of the manor. It's peaceful work--it requires attention to detail, gentleness with small pieces, and it precludes speaking to most human beings. But he does carve out a little time to text. ]

Hey. I'm sorry I missed your big return. I hope you're doing okay.

I wanted to say thanks for talking to me. I don't know if you remember, but it helped.

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I remember.

( distantly, like a dream. all was death and unconsciousness — and then there was matt's voice, disembodied and strange, but comforting. deeply familiar. )

Was it strange, speaking to the dead?

( it serves parisa's point: people with the power will never let the dead rest. naturally, parisa doesn't bring this up. there's no point in upsetting him over something she isn't mad about. )

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I was sad, [ Matt finds himself admitting. Reading over what he's typed, he feels a spike of dread at the revelation, but he hits send anyway. ] It was the first time I'd ever lost somebody I cared about ... and it was a lot of somebodies at the same time.

The speaking to ghosts part was actually fairly normal. I talk to spirits a lot back home.