[She is, in fact, only semi-prepared. She is also, however, quite amused and a little flattered. (Everyone has their own ways of expressing affection, and she'll take this one in stride somewhere through all the laughing at him.)]
I see. [Not that she knows too much about Hogwarts, but she gets the picture. 'It's a place he stayed' is about all she needs to know, there.] That's a shame.
[That question, though - she blinks up at him, growing thoughtful, herself.] ... It depends. I think... you shouldn't really assume much of anything about someone until you get to know them, and you have proof for why you think that of them. People have a way of surprising you. [She can definitely speak to that.] But at the same time, there are... some things that are frequently true. Like-- how so many of our worlds have so much in common. It's pretty amazing.
[A beat.] In my own worlds, there's one sort of creature that would nearly always steal your heart away, if it had the chance - so in their case, knowing that they're almost always a threat, no matter what, could save your life. [She's a little more conflicted about that than she should be if she were going to leave it at that, though, so perhaps the addendum is not so surprising.] But - there are some exceptions, even if they are very, very rare. So I think-- it sort of makes a difference what the generalization is based on and what it's about, and that even if it applies in a lot of cases, you should always be careful not to let it blind you from what the truth really is.
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I see. [Not that she knows too much about Hogwarts, but she gets the picture. 'It's a place he stayed' is about all she needs to know, there.] That's a shame.
[That question, though - she blinks up at him, growing thoughtful, herself.] ... It depends. I think... you shouldn't really assume much of anything about someone until you get to know them, and you have proof for why you think that of them. People have a way of surprising you. [She can definitely speak to that.] But at the same time, there are... some things that are frequently true. Like-- how so many of our worlds have so much in common. It's pretty amazing.
[A beat.] In my own worlds, there's one sort of creature that would nearly always steal your heart away, if it had the chance - so in their case, knowing that they're almost always a threat, no matter what, could save your life. [She's a little more conflicted about that than she should be if she were going to leave it at that, though, so perhaps the addendum is not so surprising.] But - there are some exceptions, even if they are very, very rare. So I think-- it sort of makes a difference what the generalization is based on and what it's about, and that even if it applies in a lot of cases, you should always be careful not to let it blind you from what the truth really is.