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[the entry starts with Draco suddenly leaning away from the stationary screen, looking relatively bewildered—and not looking at the camera, because he doesn't know what that is or where to find it. he leans back forward, observing the screen, and gives it an uncertain little tap. he mumbles, a little.]

Is it working, then?

[he rolls his eyes and sighs.]

Feel like a sodding idiot... Well, here goes.

[and, unsure if this is properly doing its thing or not, Draco just hopes that it's working so that he's not literally talking to a wall. Draco seems to decide looking at the screen is probably the best course of action, as he talks—so to those viewing him, his eyecontact isn't direct, but hey, it's not too off!]

Some of you've already met me; my name is Draco Malfoy. I'm a somewhat recent arrival for this embarrassment of a city.

[and, as is characteristic of his house, Draco gets straight to business.]

I heard this was probably the easiest way to contact people conveniently, since there's no other option. I'm looking for a partner—someone to rely on when I start to get ill.

[he prays people get his meaning.]

That said, besides obviously helping the health of whoever steps up to the task, you won't be doing this for nothing. I'm a wizard—I know magical abilities aren't incredibly uncommon around here, but there's a fair bit of magic that can be incredibly convenient in the—[Draco half scowls, half winces,] domestic scheme of things, I guess...

Anyway—a simple exchange of information, such as where we're living or places we frequent, and trust enough to find one another as necessary is all I ask.

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Welcome to Saeng Seong, Draco Malfoy. [This human is interesting. He's not sure if he wants to volunteer himself as a partner (IT WOULD BE TERRIBLE AND AMAZING), but he'll engage in conversation.]

Is wizardry rare where you are from? You are clearly unused to computer technology as well...

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[Draco can't hope to comprehend keyboards, so he's sticking with video feed for now—he seems surprised when the letter response pops up, though.

he squints, reading it, and responds out loud, staring at the text.]

It is and isn't. Specifically, I'm from wizarding society, which is all I know—in that regard, it's completely usual. But our numbers are small compared to the numbers of those who aren't witches and wizards.

Our societies are separate, and they largely don't know that we exist.

"Computers" are not something we need. Never seen such a fussy contraption in my life—is this a computer, then?

[he taps the screen with a fingernail.]

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[FASCINATING. Also kinda funny the way he squints at the screen. Haha, clueless humans.]

They do not know of your existence? An interesting way of life... [Not that he would know anything about that or anything.] But why would you and your fellows separate yourselves? Would you be persecuted or feared? Or is there another reason?

Yes, these devices are forms of computers. Although a personal computer - not uncommon on my world - generally has more functionality. Fussy contraptions, perhaps, but quite useful, in the right hands.

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Persecuted and feared, yes—it'd happened in the past, until we hid our existence. Their sort hunted us down like animals, burned us alive or worse, and so we came to live in total obscurity.

And we dwindle invisibly while they flourish.

Anyway, wizards—our sort—do not need "computers." I don't doubt that they have their uses, since I'm getting something out of it even at the moment... but that's only because I've been dragged out of my element. So to speak.

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People do not trust that which is different from them. A survival mechanism from long ago that stubbornly persists to this day, to the detriment of all societies.

But now I am curious. On my world, there are stories of wizards who were burnt at the stake. Generally they are considered works of either fiction or exaggeration; but if your kind were simply hiding, that would be the best way for the populace to think of them, wouldn't it? What is the name of your world? Where do you live in it?

I do not ask in order to persecute you, of course. I have no interest in harming others purely because they are different than me.

Does your society have a magical means of fast, long-distance communication? There are some beings with "magical" powers in my world, but most people still use this technology.