Order Only: George is awake!

[alt_fred]

He woke up this evening, about a quarter hour ago. He's groggy, and keeps asking me to repeat things I tell him, but he did manage to laugh when the Professor just about licked his nose off.

He's managed to sit up, and he's eating a bowl of soup under Mum's anxious eye.

As for magic, I don't know. I have his wand, but he hasn't asked for it yet.

Comments

Re: Private Message to Fred

[alt_fred]

He's weak, but his sense of humour is intact. He's worried about Pansy. He was VERY relieved and happy that we saved the people we did.

I certainly didn't say anything to him about his magic, but he knew perfectly well when he cast the spell the risk he was taking. He woke up fully expecting he's going to be a squib. For a long time, if not permanently.

Mum had Bill go home and check his clock hand. It says, 'Lost.' Mine says 'Working.'

The thing is, he was simply happy that he woke up at all in the first place. Right before he cast it, the two of us thought we wouldn't live to see another sunrise. Merlin, those inferi are terrifying.

One of his first vistors was Fu, one of the people we saved. Fu knows the odds George is facing, of course, since he was living at Moddey the whole year Frank's magic was gone. So Fu, clever bugger that he is, started talking about how he could use someone to help with testing defensive stuff who knows magic, but isn't magical. Someone who understands the underlying theory, but who can help him fine-tune defences for muggles.

Fu won't let him fret. Neither will I. Frank talked with him too, briefly, before he fell asleep again.

I think he'll be okay, really okay, whether his magic comes back or not. I hope Pansy will.

I guess we'll know a bit more when Poppy has a chance to give him an examination.

Re: Private Message to Fred

[alt_ron]

Hang on. Why's everyone assuming the worst?

Of course, he's going to get his magic back. Got to think positively. Think positively or go home, yeah?

I mean, who d'you know that's more magical than George? (Except you, maybe.) No one, that's who!

It's just a matter of time. Waiting it out like Frank did.

And he woke up loads faster than Frank, yeah? So that's a sign.

Re: Private Message to Fred

[alt_fred]

Oh, obviously we're all hoping his magic will be right there when he picks up his wand. Or it'll come back after a little while, if it isn't there right away.

My point is, we've been working really closely with Fu for a number of years, and we've discovered there are a LOT of things we can do, that we like to do, the Muggle way. Including one of our favourites, explosives.

Of course I'm hoping he'll have his magic. It'll be no picnic trying to come up with products for the shop if he can't help design them, although of course he can still help dream them up. But if he can't it's going to be hard. Especially with Hitty being gone.