Chapter 173: [Harry Potter And The Sorcerer’s Stone] Release (2)
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They were now in Diagon Alley.
And then... things happened.
David didn't mean that in a dismissive way -
It was just that somewhere between the wand choosing the wizard and the goblins sliding open vaults full of gold, he had stopped taking mental notes and just... started watching.
Not like an adult keeping an eye on a kid's movie, but properly, eyes focused and immersed like it was a baseball match.
He already knew the story.
Hell, he could recite it from memory, thanks to months of nightly readings and re-readings and those ridiculous made-up voices that Emma insisted on - one for every character, including the owls.
But even so, the film gripped him in ways the book hadn't.
Or maybe, in ways he hadn't let the book grip him.
The leap to Platform 9 3⁄4 wasn't much of a surprise, he had always thought it was cute, even if the concept of magical train platforms in a London train station felt a little self-indulgent.
But now, watching it unfold with the swelling score and the way Emma leaned forward just a bit when Harry ran into the wall, he caught himself thinking -