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[alt_lupin]

Did everything go smoothly yesterday, Poppy? Arthur?

Alice's owl arrived with the drawings and letters for Puneet's parents. Perhaps we can make another try for him tomorrow, or this weekend.

That will bring us to Ethan, Ivy, and Sirius. I think the theory that Ivy is a Traveler and Sirius's parents are in hiding somewhere, or with some group like Sherwood's, are sound. Regarding Ethan -- how long do people want to wait? One of the things I've heard about Leap babies is that sometimes they show their magic earlier, which could be awkward.

Minerva, have you checked the book again lately? (Sorry to nag.)

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[alt_poppy]

Remus. I'm sorry not to have reported sooner. There's a bit of a mess on my end.

Arthur and I made short work of it yesterday. We arrived, presented ourselves to the overseer, were allowed to proceed to the makeshift infirmary. We spent a short while 'examining' the sick children, then took over a small storeroom, bundled young Jason in there and asked to see the parents. They were shocked and saddened, of course, but they were amenable to our proposal once we'd explain what was at stake. I suppose they were swayed by the hope of a better life for their child than the one they've been forced to lead.

Arthur filed the parchmentwork and we left with the 'dead' baby.

It was only after I returned that difficulties began to arise. Apparently there's to be an inspection of the Stretton estates today, set in motion by my contacting Healer Locksley to obtain the prophylactic potion I took out there to keep any more of those children (including our Miss Perks) from coming out in Measles. Obviously, we didn't follow normal protocol in addressing the matter. And now there are questions.

[alt_alice]

I'd say now that he's over a month old, we can fetch him at any time. And you're right, love, just in case, sooner is better than later.

Frank and I can go for him.

And Merlin knows we need a secretary to keep all of this straight, and having you sort out all of this has been very helpful. In the future, perhaps we need to designate someone whose sole job is to coordinate and keep track of babies, and where they are in the process? Check up on paperwork and who is fetching whom, and so on? From book to paperwork to parental contact to Moddey, there are a lot of people involved, and it'd be a shame to let one slip by because of disorganization.

Although I for one do not plan on letting it build up to quite so many in one go in the future, which will hopefully make this a lot less of an organizational nightmare bother.