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*Paper-white, Bernard walks behind the bar from his table where Charlie Weasley and Crowley still sit talking amiably. He takes a deep breath and lights a new cigarette off the old one.*

Welcome to Milliways Happy Hour.

Drink specials tonight are Strongbow, Guinness, and Bushmill's Whiskey.

Food specials also have a distinctly Irish theme, as you might have guessed.

Now. What'll you have?

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*She giggles back*

A milkshake, silly! Had you forgotten?

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*A chocolate milkshake appears on the bar. It has a cherry on top.*

There you go, sweetheart. Now. Tell me how you've been. How's Megwyn?

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*She smiles and takes the milkshake, spooning some ice cream into her mouth as she pushes the very wobbly princess hat back on top of her head.*

She's good. She likes her jingle bells - they're on her saddle I got her for Christmas.

We have a new baby.

*She doesn't say this as excitedly as she had the other day to Tonks and Crowley.*

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*Bernard blinks*

You have a what?

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A new baby. Mary and Snow found her here, and Tom brought her home. She doesn't have a Mummy or a Daddy either.

*She slurps some of the shake*

Everyone says she's cute and funny, and she's the baby now.

*Ingress pouts just a little. Not much though, because Heralds of Valdemar don't pout.*

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*Bernard breathes a slow sigh of relief. Then he notices Ingress's pout.

He bends over and ruffles her hair a little, smiling.*

Well. Just because there's a new baby doesn't mean you're less special. It just means that your family is bigger and has more love than it had before. And that's a happy thing.

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*Sometimes five-year-olds just need to be reassured. She smiles, back to her normal bouncy self.*

She is pretty cute. She bites a lot, too, so watch out! She's called Sunny.

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*Bernard grins, and it's not the nicest grin in the world*

Ah. Did she by any chance bite Crowley the other day?

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She bites everyone.

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*Bernard begins to snicker*

She sounds charming.

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I guess.

*She slurps the last of the milkshake*

Gavroche and I playing Heralds and dragons. He's the dragon, so I better go.

*She clambers up on top of the bar and gives Bernard a big hug around the neck*

Bye, Bernard! See you later!

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*he hugs her back*

Bye, sweetheart.

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*She climbs back down, losing the princess hat entirely in the process. Pushing it down firlmy on her head again, she waves and runs back through the House of Arch painting.*