I wish I could share something happier, but we seem to be in short supply of happiness back home.
[ It's... quite awful being the bearer of bad news. There really is little to be cheerful about in their world. Only the hope that soon, very soon -- they might just finally win.
And then it's Luna's time to fall quiet, a short pause in the messages. When it ends. It doesn't... really end, in a way. What Grindelwald began simply paved the way for Voldemort's rise. Those sentiments never really went away. ]
1945. I'm afraid I don't know more specific than that, but that's definitely the year.
[1945. Christ. So the war continues for -- nearly twenty years? Is that how long he dawdled, hoping for another resolution? Or did Gellert lie in wait for years, hiding where he couldn't be found? He can't say, and he doubts Luna knows, but it roils him all the same.
Still, he nods at the response, looking haunted and sad and resigned all at once.]
Thank you, Luna. You've been an enormous help to me.
[ It's certainly a long, drawn out affair. Voldermort's rise to power was something over ten years for the most part. But she certainly knows that Grindelwald has remained in Nurmengard ever since, due to Dumbledore's actions. ]
You're welcome, professor. I'm sorry it wasn't of help with something more... happier. But I'm glad it did help.
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[ It's... quite awful being the bearer of bad news. There really is little to be cheerful about in their world. Only the hope that soon, very soon -- they might just finally win.
And then it's Luna's time to fall quiet, a short pause in the messages. When it ends. It doesn't... really end, in a way. What Grindelwald began simply paved the way for Voldemort's rise. Those sentiments never really went away. ]
1945. I'm afraid I don't know more specific than that, but that's definitely the year.
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Still, he nods at the response, looking haunted and sad and resigned all at once.]
Thank you, Luna. You've been an enormous help to me.
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You're welcome, professor. I'm sorry it wasn't of help with something more... happier. But I'm glad it did help.