“Good.”
Hermionerolledhereyes.“Again,notlikethat,Ron.Drao’sVeriaeside…wellyououldalmostthinkofitasafemininesidereally,itneedstheprotetionofitssoul-matewhenDraoisvulnerable.Now,whenDrao’sawakeandawareofhissurroundings,Idoubthe’s‘vulnerable’butwhenhe’sasleep…welleveryone’svulnerablewhenthey’resleeping.SohisVeriaesidewillneedHarryinloseproximity.Maybenotinthesamebedbutinthesameroom.”
“Oh.”Ronlookedrelieved.“ButwhatifHarrydoesn’twanttoorsomething?”
ThanksforatingasifI’mnothere,Harrythoughtbeforeansweringoutloud.“Ifthebondbetweenmyselfand…Malfoy(HarrywasunsureifheshouldstarttryingtoallMalfoy“Drao”now,butdeidedagainstit.)startstodisie,asinifwearen’taroundeahotherwhentheVeriaesideneedsustobearoundeahother—”
“Ittakesitstollonthebody,”Hermionefinished.“Sobasially,ifHarrydoublesoverinpainwe’llknowtogethimtoMalfoy.”
Ronnoddedslowly,hisfaeafewshadeslighterthanitwaspreviously.
“Andthisinludeshavingotherbedpartners.”
“Waitaminute!SoifIwanttohavesexIhavetodosowithPotterandonlyPotter?”Draogredattheoffendinginanimateobjet,whihhappenedtobeoneofhisbedpostsashisfathernoddedtheaffirmative.“Wellthat’sapain.”
Luiusinternallygroaned.AndherehethoughthewasdonetalkingtoDraoaboutthesetypesofmatters.
“Harry,IamsogdI’mnotyourightnow,”RonmutteredandHarrypersonallyagreedwithhim.HarrywouldbegdnottobeHarryatthismomentintime.Andyet,therewerethosefeelingsagain…thoseweirdimpulsesthatdidn’treallyseemtomindsomeoftheseprospetsthatthelogialpartofhimshouldhavebeenondemning.Strange.