Video, Monday: He never asked to be the Chosen One

[infourbooks]

[A very defeated looking Neville can be seen on the screen. Some people might notice a scar on his forehead when he moves the right way. It's rather... lightning bolt like.]

Guys, I've tried. I really have. But I'm not any closer to figuring out what's going on here than I was when we first started noticing something was wrong with some people. If it's magic, it's not any kind I've ever learned. If it's not... then I really don't know what it is.

[Magic's the only thing he can think of. There should be something. He's supposed to save everyone, right?]

I know people count on me but... I'm pretty stuck right now.

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[infourbooks]

Everyone always seems to expect me to solve things. Even if all I ever really did was not die.

[It's a lot of pressure]

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[did_i_say_percy]

You seem very nice, and you are probably clever, but isn't that a bit much? [Armand cannot be sure, but Neville seems younger than he is himself, if not by a lot. But to his mind, that error could work either direction.]

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[infourbooks]

I never asked for any of it. But everyone expects it and... someone has to, right?

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[did_i_say_percy]

They should stop expecting it, and be grateful you're willing to help out.

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[infourbooks]

That would be nice.

[He shakes his head]

Maybe someday I'll figure out what it was I even did.

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[did_i_say_percy]

You don't know?

If it is any consolation, I don't expect you to save the world, unless you want to.

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[infourbooks]

[He shakes his head]

I was a baby when it happened.

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[did_i_say_percy]

Then I can hardly see how it was something you did. Perhaps it's something you are, in your blood or something.

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[infourbooks]

Even if it is, everyone expects it to just keep on working.

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[did_i_say_percy]

I don't have any advice.

If you have time, would you like to come by Callahan's for coffee or tea? I can listen.

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[infourbooks]

I never say no to tea.

[Wizard or Muggle. British was British.]

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[did_i_say_percy]

[And Armand has lived in England, so he knows the attachment.] Anytime you feel like coming by. I suppose I'll have a place of my own someday, and you can visit there too.