All right

[alt_draco]

My first week is going well. My parents have already sent me a congratulatory package, of course. I'm looking forward to tomorrow's potions class, since I've always enjoyed brewing in the past.

Harry continues to insist on associating with Gryffindors and the like. Some of them hardly seem magical enough to attend an institution of this calibre.

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[alt_lucius]

I've been giving the matter some thought, and I wished to let you know that I don't want to make you uncomfortable using this journal as you see fit.

Harry said something the other day, about your efforts to please me. It has occurred to me that that admirable desire might make using the journal ... awkward for you. But not using it also presents a potential difficulty.

I know that you know the stakes, Draco, and we need not speak of it. I think you also know that the last thing either your mother or I want is to see you made to suffer.

Therefore, I am trusting you to use discretion, but I shall reward that discretion with a measure of privacy on your behalf. I shall endeavour not to monitor your remarks here with undue diligence.

Remember who you are and your obligations. If you need me, you have but to say so. But let us make a bargain, you and I: do post occasionally for my and your mother's benefit, as you would an owl home, and I shall 'leave you alone' the rest of the time, unless I hear from you specifically to look.