It was strange how swiftly the overall mood of the city seemed to change from one block to the next, but nothing Scorpius hadn't seen before at home. After all, just one corner was all that separated Diagon Alley from Knockturn Alley.

Scorpius could still remember the lectures he'd been given as a child to not wander down there almost verbatim. For very good reason, of course.

"Not overly, but I know enough to recognize them." They'd gone over all sorts of religions in his Muggle Studies courses- those were a requirement now, in hopes that a better understanding of muggles would stop prejudices from building once more.