Pansy, I think it might be best if you were to ... limit your interactions with Regulus.
I know you are both grown quite fond of each other; Regulus has always possessed those qualities that both endear and amuse, like so many who rely on others' forbearance and goodwill for their own livelihoods. But his current circumstances are bound to cause you both further distress - his when he cannot sufficiently explain to you the privations to which his fealty subjects him, and yours when through such awkwardness he fails, as he inevitably shall, to meet your expectations, whether they are phantasies you have together concocted, attributes you have assigned to him without his active participation or particularly those in which he has given you any encouragement toward superlatives.
I would not wish proscribe you from continuing an acquaintance that obviously suits you both. Let us say instead that I merely hope to spare you a disappointment that I fear may soon confront you, should you grow ever more entangled in promises which your 'pirate' may find himself unable to uphold. Maintain your friendship, certainly, but be wary of deepening your attachment.
If nothing else, take instruction from his previous conversations with Mrs Malfoy, notably his many warnings that his time and attention are not solely within his own liberty to dictate, nor fill as he chooses.
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Date: 2010-03-31 05:15 am (UTC)I know you are both grown quite fond of each other; Regulus has always possessed those qualities that both endear and amuse, like so many who rely on others' forbearance and goodwill for their own livelihoods. But his current circumstances are bound to cause you both further distress - his when he cannot sufficiently explain to you the privations to which his fealty subjects him, and yours when through such awkwardness he fails, as he inevitably shall, to meet your expectations, whether they are phantasies you have together concocted, attributes you have assigned to him without his active participation or particularly those in which he has given you any encouragement toward superlatives.
I would not wish proscribe you from continuing an acquaintance that obviously suits you both. Let us say instead that I merely hope to spare you a disappointment that I fear may soon confront you, should you grow ever more entangled in promises which your 'pirate' may find himself unable to uphold. Maintain your friendship, certainly, but be wary of deepening your attachment.
If nothing else, take instruction from his previous conversations with Mrs Malfoy, notably his many warnings that his time and attention are not solely within his own liberty to dictate, nor fill as he chooses.