HP Thirty-Five Owls

Dear Gellert:

I remember that a long time ago, you did ask me to send you a letter after Voldemort was taken care of.This letter is perhaps ten years later than you expected, old friend?And I'm not quite sure I've really got him down in essence yet.But I do want to thank you for your optimism, which encouraged me many times during the war, although he did give me a lot more trouble than you did.I don't mean to insult your dark powers, but he has some special advantages, especially the natural talent in Legilimency, which is enough to fight me, and I realized it too late...

Sorry, I'm rambling.In a very interesting turn of events, Voldemort has been - not perfectly, definitively wiped out, like most people would think.I believe that although he is driven away, he needs to lie dormant for a few years, and then, when he returns, he will be very weak.

I agree with you that writing to a guy who doesn't reply is such a disappointment.But, Gellert, the war with Voldemort is so complete, and I'm maintaining Hogwarts while organizing the advance party.I've begun to feel strange to my curtains, and especially in the past year, I often feel as if I'm looking at newly carved tombstones.too little time...

Even now, more than a month after Voldemort's defeat, I fight exhaustingly.But I have no intention of giving up on you, old friend, as I have done all these years.You said something about vouching for my conscience with Lemon Sherbet, but it doesn't look like the vouching is going to work.

I regret the passing of your friend.I regret many things.

There are some strange rumors going around about you, specifically among Dark wizards and the underground in Europe - I happened to be working in that area for a while trying to stop Voldemort's hold on werewolves and giants.They say old Grindelwald regretted it in his decaying cell.They said he wept for his victims.Ten years ago I would have dismissed all this, but it has been such, such a long decade, always at war and changing the face of Britain.I have met many men and women I thought I knew well, whose hearts and souls have been scarred and changed forever.So it is also easy for me to imagine that this bad change might have crossed the Channel, crossed the mountains, and ascended the mountains to Nurmengard.

And it's been a long time since we last had a real conversation, and it's been a long time since I knew your true heart.So let me ask you, just this once, with all my heart and without kidding — how are you, old friend?

Albus Dumbledore

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how you, old friend?

Lao Ge: I have been waiting for this sentence for nearly ten years!