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[theshabbiestofmen]

Are you so determined to be sulky!

[doggedly]

I'm not sulking! Pardon me if I'm not precisely thrilled by the thought of my motorbike arriving with great gashes in it!

[theshabbiestofmen]

It's just paint, Sirius. You could fix it quite easily with a wave of your wand.

[doggedly]

Forget it. You'd never understand, Moony. You don't have a motorbike. You don't have the same feelings for it.

[theshabbiestofmen]

It's an inanimate object!

[doggedly]

An inanimate object that I happen to love very much! It's like--oh, I dunno, what's comparable for you. A library, I suppose.

[theshabbiestofmen]

[He understands despite himself, and so limits himself to pursing his lips.]

All right. But still, wouldn't it be better to have it slightly scratched than not to have it at all?

[doggedly]

[A SIGH.]

Yes, and I detest your constant optimism.

[theshabbiestofmen]

I'm hardly optimistic compared to you at times. Or perhaps madman would work better-- you're the one constantly confident we'll survive our O.W.Ls, you know.

[doggedly]

Because it's just an exam, Moony. That's not optimism, that's confidence in our genius.

[theshabbiestofmen]

Confidence in your genius. I wish they'd allowed us our books, I'm going to forget everything and then go back and the exam will only be four months away.

[doggedly]

Can we make a bet? Can we bet on you being the only person here thinking of exams? There's a red smiling face that wants to kill everyone and you're thinking of exams.

[theshabbiestofmen]

Exams which determine our entire future! Exams which we absolutely have to pass!

[doggedly]

Exams which aren't half as bad as you're making them out to be.

[theshabbiestofmen]

How would you know?

[doggedly]

'Cos I know about exams. 'Cos I know that exams aren't actually anything to have heart attacks over, and anything of the sort is actually rather counter-purposeful.

[theshabbiestofmen]

There's a difference between mere exams and O.W.Ls, Sirius, even you can't deny that's true!

[doggedly]

There's a difference, yeah, but that doesn't give them some-- I dunno, some mystical power! They're still an exam. And they'll still be passed and conquered and celebrated like an exam. And oh, hang on, Remus Lupin is still clever and usually passes his exams--that is, when he remembers not to pass out months before the exams even happen!

[theshabbiestofmen]

I'm just saying I don't think you're taking this one seriously enough.

[doggedly]

[He opens his mouth--shuts it again, smirky.]

Can I make the joke?

[theshabbiestofmen]

I'll be forced to hit you.

[doggedly]

Oh, come on! It's right there, asking to be made!

[theshabbiestofmen]

It doesn't mean it has to be. You've made it at least a thousand times since I've met you, there's no need to make it a thousand and one.

[doggedly]

For shame, Moony. Every time the word is uttered, and the joke isn't made, a hippogriff loses its wings.

[theshabbiestofmen]

That's not-- what is wrong with you.