100. two drifters, off to see the world

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IT WAS A RAINY AND MISERABLE DAY. Remus had spent the whole morning cooped up in his room reading, and decided for once that he was going to actually leave the safety of his room and spend some time downstairs.

The only time he really did that was when it was time to listen to Henry's radio show, which was the exact thing he went down there to do.

Inez and Marlene were already sitting downstairs, hiding under blankets with hot cups of tea in their hands. They didn't say much as Remus stepped inside the room and sat down next to them.

There wasn't a lot of talking happening between the three of them anymore. There wasn't much to talk about. Claudia was gone, James and Lily barely even made any contact with them anymore, and neither did Peter or Sirius.

The only one they really spoke to were their separate families, and Betty, who too was staying at the manor now, due to not wanting to live alone after Tallulah left but also not wanting to go back to France where the rest of her family had decided to stay until the war was over.

Betty never really left her room either, so for the most part the house was quiet, Marlene and Inez being the only ones moving around like shadows in the dark.

Betty came into the room as well, all at the same time as Inez leant forward and turned on the radio, and gave it a tap with the secret password meant for this week's programme.

They all leant back in their seats, prepared for yet another round of hearing names they knew being called out as missing people or ones who had passed away cruelly due to the magic of somebody else.

They weren't prepared, however, to hear another voice than Henry's - but that's exactly what they did.

"Hello," a quiet and weak little voice said. "I, uh...as you can tell it's not Raven speaking."

Remus frowned, for once looking at the girls he was staying with and finding them to be just as confused as he was.

"It's Jia Li," he said.

"Is it?" Asked Betty.

Remus nodded, turning to look at the radio again as though that would make the girl continue to speak.

"Why?" Inez asked.

Remus shrugged. He had no idea.

"Our Raven is not fit to do this week's programme," Jia Li said. "So I'm stepping in. You can call me, well...it doesn't matter."

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