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I apologise for my unavailability this afternoon; I was pressed into service to stand at the ready for MLE and could do nothing to call attention to myself. As you have no doubt seen, they have given up the search for Miss Fawcett, and are declaring her dead. Alice, please pass along to the girl that I will likely be called upon to remove her belongings from her room: while I am unlikely to be able to redirect them all, if there are any items she feels particularly sentimental towards, she should provide a list and I will do what I might to obtain them for her.

Mister Jordan, if the Messrs Weasley are still in distress and you believe they cannot wait for the spell to wear off naturally: I cannot think of any reason for Milland to make an appearance in the Gryffindor dormitory, but if you can bring them to Milland's office surreptitiously, I will examine them to see if it can be broken without risk to them.

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alt_lee

They do need to be examined. I must admit, I'm real worried.

I told Mrs Longbottom: George made a serious attempt to throw himself out of the window earlier this afternoon, but we wrestled him back and sat on him for close to a half hour until he calmed down.

Fred's gone through periods of agitation, sort of an up and down cycle that seem to last about an hour at a time. Crying a lot, actually hitting himself, he's so sick about it 'all being his fault.'

We're trying all sorts of ways to distract them. We were going over some of our revisions for NEWTs, and I discovered that their brains are really full of holes. Fred is having difficulty with basic mathematics--we were sizing up and sizing down potion recipes. George is having difficulty writing--words are dropping out of the middle of sentences.

I sure hope these problems will ease up tomorrow.

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alt_severus

I will venture a guess that the lacunae in their memory are due to those being moments during which they shared particular emotional resonance with each other. Mind magic — which memory magic is a variation upon — is notoriously imprecise; the human mind is a fascinating, and poorly-understood, creature.

If that is, in fact, the reason for their temporary infirmity, it should clear as the spell expires. If it is not, we will find a way for Mrs Weasley to remove them from the school for long enough for them to be treated by Poppy.

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alt_lee

I just realised something else.

They have a knack for finishing each other's sentences, y'know? Really, they're quite famous for it at the school, and they always joke it's because they're twins.

They've both been speaking in unfinished sentences. Like they're waiting for the other one to fill in the missing words. Except they can't hear each other.

I wonder: was the spell more powerful BECAUSE they're identical twins? And not fraternal twins and not merely brothers?

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alt_poppy

Well, yes. However, I must say that if we reach the point of Molly's removing them from the school, I will recommend that she take them directly to St Mungo's. I am no specialist in curse damage. And you are absolutely right that mind magic is a queer thing, and not to be underestimated.