keep telling myself run away, run away [ethan]

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Natalia said that living was enough of a challenge sometimes. He knew that was true for a lot of people, and he hoped that he was somehow easing that with Natalia now... considering everything she had been through this school year alone, he was sure that things weren't easy for her. "That's true," he said, agreeing. He didn't know that much about it first hand, but he could totally understand someone else feeling that way.

She did say she liked a challenge too and he grinned, "I think that sometimes comes with the Ravenclaw territory," he chuckled. His grin died down into a more gentle smile, a more thoughtful one. "I don't think we're ever given challenges we can't handle, though. If you get the hard ones, that just means you're one of the strongest," he said. As far as he knew, he was pretty weak considering he didn't have that many. But he was okay with that.

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Natalia laughed when Ethan said that liking challenges came with the territory of their house. That was probably true, though Nat would be willing to bet her vault that Slytherins enjoyed challenges even more. When the other Ravenclaw mentioned that they only got challenges they could handle, Natalia gave Ethan a tight smile. “I’m not sure I agree.” There were days that she certainly didn’t feel strong at all. It was the journey that was more important than the destination, though, Natalia supposed – she had still done things in the past year that had previously been unimaginable to her. Nat glanced at the grandfather clock that stood in the corner, and frowned at the time. “I should be getting back to my homework.” She said, somewhat apologetically. Nat didn’t want to slack off and end up failing her N.E.W.T.s because of it. “Thanks for talking, Ethan.” She said, before standing up and departing with one final, awkward wave.

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