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49 Post author: Eliezer_Yudkowsky 06 October 2012 09:59AM

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Comment author: gwern 04 October 2012 02:54:12AM 0 points [-]

I thought there were a lot of quotable bits; fun fic.

Comment author: chaosmosis 04 October 2012 04:07:29AM 3 points [-]

Oh yes.

"Er, before we, uh, um, start choosing one," Milo stammered awkwardly. "There's something I've been, ah, meaning to ask of you, Mr. Ollivander."

"Yes?" he said softly. Gods, but this guy is weird.

"Your store name – I mean, Ollivanders: Makers of Fine Wands Since 382 BCE – well, it's just that, er…"

"Yes?"

"Shouldn't – shouldn't Ollivanders have an apostrophe in it?" Milo said, and instantly regretted it.

Mr. Ollivander chuckled, slowly and irregularly. It was a disconcertingly unnatural sound.

"Not if it's plural," Ollivander said.

Milo swallowed nervously.

Comment author: gwern 04 October 2012 04:28:15AM 1 point [-]

That was good, but the blood was better.

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