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[theshabbiestofmen]

[He gives a quiet laugh and raises an eyebrow.]

Does that include helping me with helping others, then, or is that off-limits?

[doggedly]

Lupin, that's like wishing for more wishes.

[theshabbiestofmen]

Which is a perfectly valid loophole.

[doggedly]

It isn't. Any self-respecting genie would have your head off for making a wish like that, it's idiotic.

[theshabbiestofmen]

Yes, but you won't. Which means you will help me, won't you?

[doggedly]

[He sighs, hugely, and rubs his wrist against his forehead.]

I hate you.

[theshabbiestofmen]

Yes, but you don't, is the wonderful thing.

[doggedly]

I do. Sometimes, I really do. So I'll help you in some things--some things--and we'll say no more of this. And there will be no bragging on your part.

[theshabbiestofmen]

Who would I even brag to, Sirius.

[doggedly]

Me. You'd wait, and you'd find a time when you'd decided my ego needed deflating and you'd brag.

[theshabbiestofmen]

And that's a bad thing, why?

[doggedly]

Because I don't appreciate it! I need my ego. It is my shield against the cruel world.

[theshabbiestofmen]

You need to be a good deal less egotistical, actually, I think that would serve you quite well. You'd learn humility.

[doggedly]

Sorry, you're thinking of James. He's the one that needs the adjusted ego.

[theshabbiestofmen]

Yes, but you as well. You're far too smirky when it comes to girls.

[doggedly]

With reason, thanks. And no blows to my ego from you can ever hope to shake that, actually.

[theshabbiestofmen]

And yet I keep trying, in the hopes that perhaps someday you'll be slightly less of a prat.

[doggedly]

I'm not a prat! That is entirely the wrong word to use for me-- really, Moony! Cruel!

[theshabbiestofmen]

Arrogant, then? What would you prefer?

[doggedly]

I'm not having this conversation. I'm not telling you how best to insult me. Me, one of your best mates!

[theshabbiestofmen]

You do it to me, you know, I hardly see why it's unfair the other way around.

[doggedly]

Because it's my job to do it to you, Remus.

[theshabbiestofmen]

It most certainly is not!

[doggedly]

It is! You need me, mate--that's my role in your life. Or one of my roles, anyway. Just think of it, where would you be without me keeping you grounded.

[theshabbiestofmen]

A good deal happier and more well adjusted, I should think.