Lovely stuff as usual. I've loved how Luna has slowly changed through this series - already, she's a far distance from where she started, and now she's choosing to go further. The fact that it's her choice, her decision seems to be what she needed right now. Well, that and a hulking big shield named Ron Weasley. *grin*

And Ron too has changed. Not actually erupting in anger? I guess it helped that it wasn't a situation directly wired to his hotspot of must protect Ginny but it's nice to see that he can work things through at his own pace. While of course, still being slow enough/tongue tied enough to not say anything when Hermione said she loved him.