[Hogwarts Between] At the Ministry of Magic (Cyrus, Eugene, Heath&Family)

[Karen Klutzke]

> > Collin looked at Cyrus and Eugene with renewed interest. "Oh? You mean
> > your other children aren't..." He paused, searching for an appropriate
> > adjective. "...umm, _gifted_ in that way?"

[OOC: Keeping this above bit in for Eugene's reply.]

> > > > > "Heath just found out as well." [Collin's] gaze fell
> > > > > to Cyrus. "I bet it was a lot different for you, knowing all your life
> > > > > who and what you were."
> > > >
> > > "Yeah," mumbled Cyrus. "But it causes problems too." When Gideon
> > > and Gerald found out that Cyrus could do something that they
> > > couldn't, they had gotten really mad, and had disliked him since.
> >
> > "I can imagine," Heath's father replied as he repositioned the glasses
> > on his nose. "I have an older brother too, and he was always annoyed
> > at me for getting better marks in school." Collin shrugged and smiled.
> > "But he was the better athlete, so I suppose it evened out.
> >
> > "How many siblings do you have?" he asked Cyrus.
> >
> "Just two, Gideon and Gerald. They're both mug... er, non-magical." Cyrus wasn't sure if the term "Muggle" would offend Collin.

Collin didn't seem to notice that Cyrus almost said a different word.
"How did you find out that you were?"

[OOC: Margaret (or anyone else), would you like to run the person at
the Ministry who's behind the desk of the line they're waiting in?]