SCORPIUS: "Delphi?"

DELPHI: "I was -- unwell -- as a child -- for a few years. Other people got to go -- I did not."

DELPHI: "Have they gone?"

DELPHI: "In fact, technically I'm endangering our entire operation… which is not… well, I'm not a natural risk-taker as you know. I've never been to Hogwarts. Pretty lax security here, isn't there? And so many portraits. And corridors. And ghosts! This half-headless, strange-looking ghost told me where I could find you, can you believe that?"

This registers with SCORPIUS. He looks up to say something but DELPHI suddenly ducks from view as a student walks past. SCORPIUS tries to look casual until the student passes.

SCORPIUS walks unhappily down a staircase.

SCORPIUS: "You've never been to Hogwarts?"

SCORPIUS: "You were too -- ill? I'm sorry, I didn't know that."

DELPHI: "So -- technically -- I shouldn't be here."

DELPHI scurries in from the other side.

SCORPIUS: "Delphi, maybe it is too dangerous for you to be here --"

DELPHI: "I don't advertise the fact -- I prefer not to be seen as a tragic case, you know?"

SCORPIUS: "Delphi, none of it worked, time-turning, we failed."

DELPHI: "Well -- someone's got to do something about this."

DELPHI: "I know. Albus owled me. The history books changed but not enough -- Cedric still died. In fact, failing the first task only made him more determined to win the second."

DELPHI: "And that's why Cedric has to wait. It's all become quite confused and you're entirely right to be keeping hold of the Time-Turner, Scorpius. But what I meant was -- someone's got to do something about the two of you."

SCORPIUS: "Oh."

SCORPIUS: "Sounds like he's found a shoulder to cry on. How many owls has he sent you now?"

DELPHI: "You're best friends. Every owl he sends I can feel your absence. He's destroyed by it."

SCORPIUS: "Sorry. That's -- I didn't mean -- I just -- don't understand what's going on. I've tried to see him, talk to him, but every time I do he runs off."

SCORPIUS: "And Ron and Hermione have gone completely skewwhiff -- and I still haven't figured out why."

DELPHI smiles softly.

DELPHI: "Albus needs you, Scorpius. That's a wonderful thing."

DELPHI: "You know, I didn't have a best friend when I was your age. I wanted one. Desperately. When I was younger I even invented one but --"

SCORPIUS: "I had one of those too. Called Flurry. We fell out over the correct rules of Gobstones."

SCORPIUS: "He needs me to do what?"

DELPHI: "That's the thing, isn't it? About friendships. You don't know what he needs. You only know he needs it. Find him, Scorpius. You two -- you belong together."