Harry Potter and the Cursed Child

ACT TWO, SCENE FOURTEEN
HOGWARTS, STAIRCASES
SCORPIUS walks unhappily down a staircase.
DELPHI scurries in from the other side.
DELPHI: So — technically — I shouldn’t be here.
SCORPIUS: Delphi?
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, strangelooking
ghost told me where I could find you, can you believe that?
SCORPIUS: You’ve never been to Hogwarts?
DELPHI: I was — unwell — as a child — for a few years. Other people got to go — I did not.
SCORPIUS: You were too — ill? I’m sorry, I didn’t know that.
DELPHI: I don’t advertise the fact — I prefer not to be seen as a tragic case, you know?
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.
Have they gone?
SCORPIUS: Delphi, maybe it is too dangerous for you to be here —