[HPforGrownups] Re: 12 uses for Dragons Blood (Some TBAY)

[Amanda Geist]

No: HPFGUIDX 83144

Amanda complained, "Grey! Damn, you gave me a scare."

Grey growled, "You seem to have forgotten to check your sources. Now, I
cannot have a LOON citing canon wrong, can I? Lets see, according to the
recordings of the Safe House microphones in this place, you said:

> > Citation, please? To my recollection this doesn't appear anywhere in
> > the books."

"But look," Grey said.
> PS, ch. 14:
> "It was hard to relax with Hermione next to you reciting the twelve
> uses of dragon's blood..."

Amanda sighed. "Down, boy. I'll give you partial credit here. Aussie never
did explicitly *say* the uses themselves were listed. However, the
implication is very strong that they must have been known, for his (his?)
conclusion to be that none of the uses were dangerous or of concern. I did
react to his implication rather than the literal content of his post, so I
yield in part."

Grey's ruff flattened out a bit, and his ears pricked forward concernedly.
"I hope this doesn't get you thrown out of LOON."

Amanda laughed. "Hah. Fat chance. I'm founding member. You cost me a few
points, but my hourglass is still comfortably full of amethysts."

Grey continued, "Notice that Aussie didn't say that he had seen the list,
but that since Hermione was studying in first year, none of those uses were
going to be dangerous. I disagree - I think at least a couple of them are
probably as components of magical spells or poitions of extreme potency, but
really we don't know one way or the other at this point."

Amanda agreed, "It was this assumption by Aussie that I was reacting to,
mostly, which led me to incorrectly read his statement as 'we've seen the
uses so we know.'

"Which reminds me," she continued. "Hang on."

She rummaged in her large purple handbag. "Ah. I've had this a while, sorry.
Other things on my mind."

She produced something oddly shaped, which clinked, and leaned toward Wolf.
Wolf backed in alarm, but bumped into Amanda's large bookshelves and
couldn't avoid her. Not wanting to bite, he stood affronted as she fastened
something around his neck and stepped back to admire the effect.

"Nice. Very nice."

Wolf growled as he shook his head, disliking the unfamiliar feel around his
neck.

Amanda laughed. "Oh, calm down. You'll love it. It doesn't mean you're tame.
And where else will you put that without it?" She pointed at Wolf's chest.
Wolf craned his nose downward, but couldn't see, and whined in puzzlement.

"Go look in any mirror. It doesn't have to be the mirror of Erised anymore."

Wolf threw her a dubious look but trotted off. Swinging from the collar
she'd gotten around his neck, sparkling as it moved, was a diamond-shaped
golden tag. The many tiny amethysts mounted on it spelled out the word
"L.O.O.N."

~Amanda





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> Hope that helps,
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> Grey Wolf, nitpicking the nitpicker
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