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Ginny is still her partner in class when they're told to pair up and Neville always smiles at her in the hall, but Luna knows that things are like they were Before, and she eats alone and studies at her own table in the library.
Slughorn knew her father which was why he pretended not to. McGonagall never said it, but Luna knows that her teacher doesn't approve of her. Hagrid doesn't have time to notice her - and, anyway, he has already picked his favorite students. She had found a strange ally in Trelawney, but the Divination professor is often drunk and when she isn't, her strange depression drives Luna away.
Her father bought her a pair of purple canaries because they kept away jubob spirits and Luna is glad that she had them to fill the silence of her dorm room. She has an owl, too, and Friday and Saturday nights are spent stroking the bird's soft feathers and talking to the captive audience of the school's owls. It is nice, speaking to an alert group of listeners. And though they can't answer with much, their lack of words means that she hears no insults. No teasing, no mocking.
No conversation, either.
Slughorn knew her father which was why he pretended not to. McGonagall never said it, but Luna knows that her teacher doesn't approve of her. Hagrid doesn't have time to notice her - and, anyway, he has already picked his favorite students. She had found a strange ally in Trelawney, but the Divination professor is often drunk and when she isn't, her strange depression drives Luna away.
Her father bought her a pair of purple canaries because they kept away jubob spirits and Luna is glad that she had them to fill the silence of her dorm room. She has an owl, too, and Friday and Saturday nights are spent stroking the bird's soft feathers and talking to the captive audience of the school's owls. It is nice, speaking to an alert group of listeners. And though they can't answer with much, their lack of words means that she hears no insults. No teasing, no mocking.
No conversation, either.