02-20-2022, 08:11 PM
Gwen listened as Kimberly explained that she would be glad to have help with the laundry. Oh dear, Godric really hadn't explained anything to this poor girl. Being independent was one thing but helping with the laundry, mucking stables, and who knows what else Kimberly intended to do.
"You sweet girl," Gwen sighed at the end when she assumed that the wand would take a short time but the seamstress would take hours. "I know it is hard to accept but you have entered a very different world than the one you have always lived in. We do not do things like the muggles - those with no magic.
"Our housework - the work done at the school such as cooking, cleaning, laundry, etc - it's all done by the house elfs Lady Hufflepuff brought so that the students didn't have to worry about doing those things while studying to become their very best selves. And that will be the same in a lot of places. But when it comes to the seamstress, it's only a cloak and it will likely take a quarter of an hour, at best. We use magic for the hard stuff to make it easier and faster, which you will come to see in time once you learn to do it too." She reached out and patted Kimberly reassuringly on the shoulder.
"Your wand, on the other hand, may be a trickier sort of fish. Sometimes they are a bit picky who they chose. I know a friend of mine who spent three hours trying to find the right one! I think it's because the wandmaker didn't have the right wand for her is all because she didn't actually get one until she finally went to Ollivander. Which I had advised right from the start but her mother was so certain that Shelley's wands were better." Gwen made a dismissive sound in the back of her throat. "Shelley! The man is a crackpot who's wands chip and are notoriously fickle. But Ollivander, he dips from a wide enough source pool..." Gwen realized she was off on a tangent, stopping with a laugh.
"Of course, you don't want to hear all of this. Perhaps the cloak would be a better choice for the time we have remaining. I'm sure Grunda won't mind us popping in quick for a trice. And then we'll have you back for your next shift!"
"You sweet girl," Gwen sighed at the end when she assumed that the wand would take a short time but the seamstress would take hours. "I know it is hard to accept but you have entered a very different world than the one you have always lived in. We do not do things like the muggles - those with no magic.
"Our housework - the work done at the school such as cooking, cleaning, laundry, etc - it's all done by the house elfs Lady Hufflepuff brought so that the students didn't have to worry about doing those things while studying to become their very best selves. And that will be the same in a lot of places. But when it comes to the seamstress, it's only a cloak and it will likely take a quarter of an hour, at best. We use magic for the hard stuff to make it easier and faster, which you will come to see in time once you learn to do it too." She reached out and patted Kimberly reassuringly on the shoulder.
"Your wand, on the other hand, may be a trickier sort of fish. Sometimes they are a bit picky who they chose. I know a friend of mine who spent three hours trying to find the right one! I think it's because the wandmaker didn't have the right wand for her is all because she didn't actually get one until she finally went to Ollivander. Which I had advised right from the start but her mother was so certain that Shelley's wands were better." Gwen made a dismissive sound in the back of her throat. "Shelley! The man is a crackpot who's wands chip and are notoriously fickle. But Ollivander, he dips from a wide enough source pool..." Gwen realized she was off on a tangent, stopping with a laugh.
"Of course, you don't want to hear all of this. Perhaps the cloak would be a better choice for the time we have remaining. I'm sure Grunda won't mind us popping in quick for a trice. And then we'll have you back for your next shift!"
