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She nodded as she listened to the boy speak, mentally making notes about what he said. She'd kill to have her laptop with her... or her typewriter, she supposed, since Dad said her laptop wouldn't work too well here on the Alley. Hell, she'd kill to even have a notepad and pen with her. Anything to record notes so she could write her fake articles. God, her life was boring. The boy mentioned wizards mixing Muggle tech with the wizarding world and that drew a smirk from her. "Yeah, I'd kill for an internet connection and my laptop. But Dad said that it won't work here on the Alley." She pouted a little and crossed her arms over her chest again. "I suppose an introduction is in order. I'm Tempy, well, Temperance but only my dad calls me that, and only when I'm in trouble. We own the new shop, Craft Haven. I suppose you're a student at Hogwarts?" Maybe she could interview the boy about the school for one of her articles. Dad's answers always have a hint of... protection behind them, since he still felt bad that she couldn't go to the school. Mayhaps she could get some real answers to her questions.

Temperance giggled a little when the boy said that he didn't think Hogwarts even had electricity, which tracked with things that her father had said. Then the boy introduced himself. Archie, not Archibald, got it. She logged that into her mind, not that she'd assume that Archie was short for Archibald... after all, who looked at a baby and named them Archibald. That was... like... an old man name. He offered her his hand to shake, which she accepted and shook. "Nice to meet you, Archie." Tempy smiled and brushed a lock of her purple hair back behind her ear. Archie said that Craft Haven sounded nice and Temperance nodded. "Dad's an artist and he wanted to get me more exposure to the magical world so... craft shop." She shrugged, still unsure about why Dad would want her to try getting more exposure with the magical world. The teen just guessed he was hoping that meeting more magical people would help her with her depression.

Then Archie asked the question that her father was always afraid of people asked, yet it somehow didn't affect her as much. "Oh, um, I'm home schooled now. I was going to a public school in London but Dad pulled me out to move here. Oh, I'm a squib, by the way. So no Hogwarts for me." Tempy shrugged, then grinned and added, "But what's it like? My dad is a wizard and he was also in Hufflepuff. Is your common room really across the kitchen?" Tempy was honestly interested in details about the school and hoped she could get some real answers from Archie, instead of the downplayed ones her father usually gave her.