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[Neville hasn't always lived alone above the shop. So he figures he might as well open up his home to those who need it.]

If anyone needs a place to stay, I have extra space in the flat above my shop. I have some protective charms up, so it should be fairly safe.

[Which reminds him...]

If anyone else wants me to put the same ones up for them, I can do that too.

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[The completely panicked look is not something Chloe can even attempt to hide on video.]

M-m-murders?! Plural? Who were they? W-were they people from the ship? Salvation?

[Then Chloe's attention is completely captured. He knew Nem? Her ghost guide from the fire?]

I didn't get your name. I'm Chloe. Did you--did you know this Nem very well? Who was he?

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I'm Neville.

The victims were all local. Nem was the mayor.

[Hence all the problems all of a sudden]

It's nasty business.

[Chloe's eyes widen.]

The mayor? Wow.

...That doesn't bode well. For anyone. Do you think the fire was set in reaction, then? By angry locals, maybe, since it targeted a place built for people from Salvation?

No kidding.

That's the main theory right now. That if it weren't for people waking up on the ship, none of this would happen.

Inara's worried about our local customers, and I think she might be right.

It's new for them. Just like us being here is new for us. They might be frightened by us. I've seen things like this before. What usually ends up happening isn't a pretty sight. Who knows, maybe someone's grasping at straws and looking for someone to blame. We're easy targets, since we aren't from here. Though I suppose that goes both ways.

Who is Inara? And what customers do you mean?

I run a plant shop. Inara helps me with a lot of the bookeeping.

[Which is a relief because he knows a lot more about growing plants than running a business]

If we're easy targets... it might be bad for the locals that come here.

Cool. I've been in a flower shop before. Are they at all similar?

[Chloe considers that, shrugging lightly. She is, after all, also grasping at straws simply to make sense of things that didn't make sense. Yet.]

What I'm trying to say is it's easy to point fingers. I wouldn't want anyone getting hurt just because someone is looking for blame.

I do sell flowers. I even did some for a wedding a few months ago.

[That had been a new experience, but everyone had seemed happy]

I also sell a lot of plants that have healing properties.

Healing properties? For which kinds of ailments?

Just about everything. Most of what I sell is for infections or injuries though. The sort of thing that happens most commonly.

[He always sounds much more confident when he's talking about plants. He knows plants.]

That sounds useful. You know that much about plants? Their properties and where to find them and everything?

Are the plants here much different from the ones you're familiar with, in any case?

Herbology's the one subject I'm actually good at in school. About half the plants here are what I'm used to, but the rest are new. I've been cataloging them.

Cool, it sounds interesting. You must really love plants. It must be fun, learning about the new ones here.

[Then, because she's curious:]

What's the strangest plant you've come across?

I love plants... I guess the strangest to most people would be the mandrakes. We learn about them in second year but Muggles find the fact that they're somewhere between plants and animals a bit strange.

...Muggles?

Wait. Something between a plant and an animal? Sounds strange, alright.

Muggles is what we call people without magic. People who don't run into things like mandrake when they're twelve.

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