@areasonableconclusion: The girl. The answer she'd given in his lesson that first week, "before they know you're an enemy", had stayed with him. She had arrived in a single breath at a conclusion that took most adults in the field years. He watched her move through the room. She kept her smile and her shoulders straight. That was Lucan's training. The witches and wizards Slughorn introduced her to stayed talking to her longer than to any other student. That could not be drilled into anyone in a few months. She was afraid of him. That remained the oddity. In the library at the manor she'd been fine. Then at dinner, after Lucan introduced him as Professor Riddle, her breath went shallow. She had sat motionless through the whole dinner, spine straight, and she was the same in his classroom. The change had come between "Tom" and "Professor Riddle". She hadn't been afraid of the man in front of her before she learned his name. from Chapters 12, 24 and 35 🖤 #tomione #tomriddle #hermionegranger #ao3

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