the_debt_of_time

someone brought up the potential loss of underwater potion ingredients if left to the
procurement of merfolk. "And we should treaty with them and treat them with respect."
Ten minutes later, she was shaking her head. "Hogwarts has a friendly giant living
in the Forbidden Forest. With the exception of the war, we've barely heard from them. As
long as we leave them alone, they won't just 'come in and gobble us all up.' Honestly!"
Fifteen minutes after that, she narrowed her gaze. "It's S.P.E.W.!"
Draco grinned at her in reply before suggesting that perhaps a division be created
in the Department for the Regulation and Control of Magical Creatures for the benefit and
welfare of house-elves, including legislation that would make it illegal for a wizard to abuse
one.
"And will this new law have some sort of asinine acronym as well?" Peneus
Parkinson asked, arms folded across his chest.
Draco sneered. "I hadn't thought what to call it."
"Dobby's Law," Harry suggested loudly from the audience.
The mocking expression on Draco's face promptly fell. He cleared his throat and
gave a polite nod of his head.
Mia smiled softly at Harry.
Finally, it came down to the werewolves.
Even the most anti-blood purist Wizengamot members were afraid to broach the
subject of loosening their control on the "creatures" by a fraction of an inch. Mia, however,
was resolute in that she would not allow Kingsley's life debt to be fulfilled without this
subject being addressed and put in the process of being resolved.
"They're not even allowed medical treatment!" she pointed out when someone—
she did not even bother noting names anymore—began arguing with her.
"For good reason! What if they infected others?"
"Please... Please," she begged, "tell me that the governing body of the world that I
so very much love and respect is not so stupid as to misunderstand something as
utterly simple as the lycanthropic process. Please, tell me that you grown witches and wizards
don't fall for the ridiculous myths and scary stories that first year Hogwarts students tell
one another. I figured this out when I was a third year for Merlin's sake!"