Martha nodded in response to what he said; it was a fair point. Severus Snape had lived and died in another life to protect a boy who was not this man, despite the name that he shared. Really, she didn't blame Sev for not wanting to have anything to do with him. However, Martha had found herself liking him, and she felt tragically short of friends even before she had known who he was.

"Fair enough," Martha said after a minute. "But I liked you before all of that, and I hope to eventually count you as a friend, Sebastian."