Free candy!! (Silvia)

[GE DEWEI]

Dewei had already gotten through the books Jia Le had recommended to him and was already studying a new subject. Now he was studying magical cooking books. The one in his hand while he sat in the common room was called "Charming your Cheese'. Suddenly he found himself feeling hungry so he snuck out a bag of goodies that he kept for such an occasion and set the book down on the table in front of him while he snacked.

He heard a noise and looked around, hiding his bag of candies in case it was one of the people who always wanted everyone to share their candy. He did not eat candy very often so it was rare that it happened, and really he didn't mind sharing, but some people tended to want too much of it so he didn't want to risk it until he knew who had joined him.

"Who's there?" he asked, though in a friendly way.


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Silvia made her way into the Common Room and gave Dewei the usual friendly smile she gave most people.

"Hello Dewei," she said. "If you're trying to hide something from me, you don't need to worry. I wouldn't take something from you unless you offered first. I find it incredibly rude and senseless to do otherwise." Silvia said this in her usual calm, eccentric, non-judgmental way. She then sat on a nearby couch and opened her photo album. She pulled out a photo of a tree and used a spell to stick it to the album page. She looked over at Dewei.

"It's a tree I took a photo of in the forest today," she said, speaking of course of the permitted patch of woods outside the castle, not the Forbidden Forest. "I don't believe it's rare, but it did stand out from the rest of the trees, at least I thought so."

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Dewei looked up to see Silvia enter the common room and he returned her smile with a friendly smile of his own. He knew that Silvia was telling the truth about not taking anything unless offered and her finding it rude and senseless otherwise as he had seen her around with them being in the same house and year and had not seen her just take something from anyone.

So he brought the bag of candy out and turned it to Silvia with a smile. "Help yourself." he offered. He could respect someone who was respectful and disliked rudeness. So he figured she deserved a treat for being respectable.

He looked as she showed him a photo. "I see what you mean." he said nodding. "It does seem to stand out." he said. "Do you take a lot of pictures?" he asked. "If so, could I see more of them?" he asked, finding them interesting.

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Silvia looked at the candy when Dewei offered it, but smiled and shook her head.

"No thank you," she said. "I had some taffy earlier. I always buy a great deal of taffy whenever I make a trip to Honeydukes. But it was very lovely of you to offer, Dewei."

Silvia moved the photo closer to him as he seemed interested. When he asked if she took a lot of photos and asked if he could see more, Silvia moved closer to him with her large album.

"My father's an inventor, and he built me a camera when I was ten," she said. "It's not terribly unlike cameras most use, but he built it so I find it special. I've taken quite a few photos with it over the year. I hope you don't find them boring. Most are of trees and animals. There are a few of my family and the home we live in out in the country." She pointed to one of her rottweiler with a blue party hat on his head. "That's my dog Buttercup. We were celebrating the anniversary of the day we adopted him from my neighbors' dog's litter. He's very friendly and gentle. I miss him a great deal when I'm here. This photo always makes me feel a bit better though."

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Dewei smiled. "Okay, if you change your mind your welcome to some." he said when she respectfully declined to taking some of his candy.

Dewei looked at the photos as Silvia showed him and listened as she talked about her father being an inventor and about what kind of photos she often took.

"Your father is an inventor?" he asked looking up at her interested. He thought his father had an interesting career of course, but Dewei was naturally and genuinely curious and interested in so many things. "These photos are really great." he said looking them over. He looked down at the picture of the dog with a party hat on and then back up at Silvia with a smile. "Your dog is very cute." he said with a smile.

"I don't have a dog, I have an owl named Mafan. But I love dogs they seem so friendly usually." he noted.

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Silvia nodded when Dewei told her if she changed her mind about the candy, she could have some, but said no more about it.

Silvia smiled a bit when Dewei asked about her father.

"Yes, and quite a brilliant one too," she said. "Many of his inventions are sold in Diagon. I would tell you about some, but I don't want to boast too much about my father. That comes off as quite arrogant." Silvia of course said this in a straight-forward manner as she said most things.

She smiled when he said he liked the photos and complimented her dog.

"Thank you, Dewei, I enjoyed taking them," she said. "And I'm sure Buttercup would appreciate the compliment you gave him. He picks up on friendly vibes quite easily. If you wish to visit and meet him, I cam give you a photograph of our home so that you can picture it and apparate there. I would like to see your owl as well when it is convenient to you, though I might have met him in the owlery. I go there quite often to feed and talk to them."

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Dewei smiled. "Well, arrogant or not, I think it's amazing still that your father is an inventor." he said. "I would love to learn more about your father's inventions when it is convenient for you to talk more about them." he said.

He looked down at the photos in front of him. He felt she had a talent for taking pictures and was truly enjoying looking them over.

Dewei looked up when Silvia told him that Buttercup would appreciate the compliment he had paid him. "That sounds like a lot of fun. Perhaps during the summer when we're off from school we can arrange so we can hang out and I can meet buttercup?" he offered.

"You do? Are the owls good company?" he asked raising an eyebrow. He was actually curious.