"Thank you for, well, even if you're a sounding board for anything at all I appreciate that you're taking the time to listen." Occasionally when Sebastian is being particularly earnest about something, he loses the war weary and aged veteran feel and can come across as shockingly young.

"I don't really know where to go from here though. When I try and explain things to Malfoy he gives me this look that says I was raised by wolves and know just about as much as Velcro."