Caught off guard, Harry says "Yes."

'Wait. Wot?' Harry's brain seemed to short-circuit as she reflexively replied to Stan.

The man in question had a blinding grin and exclaimed. "Great! That's wonderful! Finnegan's Pub at nine in the evening tomorrow work for you?"

"Uh. I don't know where Finnegan's is...?" replied Harry uncertainly.

"Oh. Thought you lived in Ration Alley, uh, anyway! It's real easy to find, next to a Potions shop called Agnes' Brews and just before the Alley merges into Sensua."

Harry had never heard of any of these places and simply nodded in the face of Stan's clear exuberance. She was still feeling out of it as she stepped off the bus and it zoomed away, standing there looking wide-eyed into the distance.

"...Did I just agree to go on a date with a man?" whispered Harry incredulously to herself, only to receive an unexpected answer.

"As opposed to what? A woman?" snarked a gravelly voice somewhere to her right.

"Eek!" Harry shrieked and whirled around, only to lose her balance and fall on her arse.

"Careful there, 'luv. Didn't mean ta' startle ya." When Harry looked up at the owner of the mysterious voice, her eyes widened with recognition.

"Mundungus...?"

Brushing back a long strand of greasy, ginger hair from his bloodshot eyes, the thief looked at Harry with confusion. "Don't think we've met before." He smiled lasciviously then as he ogled Harry's breasts. "And I know I'd remember a bird with tits like that."

"We, I, uh-"

"'Course you look kinda young..." He looked horrified for a moment, "You ain't my daughter or something like that?"

"No!"

Mundungus sighed with clear relief and took a swig of a bottle wrapped in a paper bag. "Fuckin' hell, that's a relief." He wiped his mouth with one of his grubby hands, making his face only dirtier and belched a small gout of flame.

'Firewhisky.' thought Harry absently as she made the connection as to what the mangy thief was drinking.

A hand was suddenly thrust into her face and it took Harry a few moments to realize it was Mundungus offering it.

"Let's get you up then."