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Here we find one Matilda, juggling a plate of fried pancakes, a very large physics book, and a smug expression. She sets the first two down on a table, sits, and lets the third continue to do its business while she combines eating with reading.
If anyone manages to glimpse the title, it is Everything There Is To Know About Light.

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"Good for you. Keep doing that."

"And I know about people not caring, but I got rid of Miss Trunchbull just the same. Learn their secrets and make them too scared to stay, and if you can't make them scared then just make them gone however you can manage it."

Shufti hesitates.

"What do you know about pregnancy Matilda?"

"Oh, I've read books. I get the idea." There are some biology textbooks that Miss Honey doesn't know Matilda has read.

"Well when I get bigger, I'm not going to be able to move around as much."

"Well then. You said you shot someone? Just keep the thing you shot them with around, and plenty to load it with. You should be fine."

"I only had one bolt. And it's in that man's leg. I don't think I'll have time to pull it out before the next one comes at me. But Amanda's going to help."

"Well, find more bolts, then. Or Amanda."

She nods.

"I hope Amanda is a better shot than I am."

[ooc: Mun has to go to work early tomorrow - slowtime?]

[Sure.]

"Well, you can always practice."

"Not without a bolt. All I've got is this bit of carrot covered in shoe polish, and that's only there in case I need to threaten anyone. It doesn't fly straight."

"Don't you know anyone who knows how to make them, or anyplace you can buy more?"

"I do at home. But that still means I have to get through the door. They have to be the right size for the type of bow. This is a handheld horsebow we swiped off the enemy, so it doesn't take the standard bolts for this country. I'd need a highly skilled blacksmith."

And I don't really have the money.

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