Settling in? In the very tower where he disarmed one of the greatest wizard of the modern times, which then led to his death and ushered the second war against Voldemort? Quite, though that's a conversation he doesn't necessarily want to have with anyone, least of all Hermione Granger herself.
He savors the bite he's been chewing before opening his mouth. A good, tasty meal, as it always have been.
"Lots of things and places - and people - are familiar enough," he says, not quite answering her outright, but lingering on safer topics. "The tower provides a spectacular view at night, between the stars overhead and Hogwarts' well-maintained grounds. It'll be different sleeping at the highest tower, than it is to sleep in the dungeons. I suppose we'll be exchanging nightly experiences, this time."
He idly wonders what it's been like, sleeping in Severus' old chambers, taking this position, living up to his professional legacy. He doesn't ask that.
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He savors the bite he's been chewing before opening his mouth. A good, tasty meal, as it always have been.
"Lots of things and places - and people - are familiar enough," he says, not quite answering her outright, but lingering on safer topics. "The tower provides a spectacular view at night, between the stars overhead and Hogwarts' well-maintained grounds. It'll be different sleeping at the highest tower, than it is to sleep in the dungeons. I suppose we'll be exchanging nightly experiences, this time."
He idly wonders what it's been like, sleeping in Severus' old chambers, taking this position, living up to his professional legacy. He doesn't ask that.
"How has the dungeons been treating you?"