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Achilles
Remus has had a startling revelation whilst reading The Iliad. He doesn’t quite know how he hadn’t noticed it from page one, but now he has and there is no avoiding the fact. Achilles is Sirius Black.
526 words.
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“James is Patroclus!”
“Then who’s Peter? And why do I have to be a woman?”
“You’re a very pretty woman, apparently.”
“If I’m going to be a woman, I think I need to be Helen.”
“I don’t think you should be Helen.”
“Why not? I could be pretty, if I wanted to.”
526 words.
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“James is Patroclus!”
“Then who’s Peter? And why do I have to be a woman?”
“You’re a very pretty woman, apparently.”
“If I’m going to be a woman, I think I need to be Helen.”
“I don’t think you should be Helen.”
“Why not? I could be pretty, if I wanted to.”
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By Jove!
“James would not be king! I would be king if anyone’s going to be king.”