He was different then than he is now. We were in the same year, back in school, and we would all pull him out of those books for a while every now and then. His father put a lot of pressure on him, and Merlin knows he needed to blow off the steam. So we'd go out, go flying for a while, try sneaking into the forest, all that. Hard to imagine your straight-laced mother doing that, I bet.
Murdoc went on to be one of the best Aurors the Ministry's ever had. A brave one, to be sure. It's how he got those scars he has.
I...life just took us in different paths, Feferi. I'd assumed he was still married when you and Meenah started at Hogwarts. I didn't know you two had a brother.
[She looks down, away from the picture, away from Feferi, for a moment.]
I was married to my work, threw myself into it because it was...I always wanted to see the stars for myself. I couldn't, after I had the two of you. I've been trying to create a spell that would let one Apparate into space, but to no avail so far.
And I...I owed you two better. You two should have known the story sooner than this. I should have contacted him.
...because now that he knows, he really wants to meet you properly.
all these feels, why can't I hold them
He was different then than he is now. We were in the same year, back in school, and we would all pull him out of those books for a while every now and then. His father put a lot of pressure on him, and Merlin knows he needed to blow off the steam. So we'd go out, go flying for a while, try sneaking into the forest, all that. Hard to imagine your straight-laced mother doing that, I bet.
Murdoc went on to be one of the best Aurors the Ministry's ever had. A brave one, to be sure. It's how he got those scars he has.
I...life just took us in different paths, Feferi. I'd assumed he was still married when you and Meenah started at Hogwarts. I didn't know you two had a brother.
[She looks down, away from the picture, away from Feferi, for a moment.]
I was married to my work, threw myself into it because it was...I always wanted to see the stars for myself. I couldn't, after I had the two of you. I've been trying to create a spell that would let one Apparate into space, but to no avail so far.
And I...I owed you two better. You two should have known the story sooner than this. I should have contacted him.
...because now that he knows, he really wants to meet you properly.