"It wasn't the warmest," he is quick to admit. But it was home, or felt like it. Perhaps it was the decor, reminiscent of the grandeur of the ancestral pureblood homes that he grew up in and around. Hogwarts itself, regardless, has a way of endearing itself to its occupants.

"Sometimes the creatures underwater would stop by and peer through the windows," he says, with a little nostalgia in his voice. "Even the Giant Squid would visit. The common room would be buzzing every time. The first years would definitely enjoy that."

Speaking of which - "How goes the preparations as Slytherin's head of house? Are you ready?" Throwing a lion in a pit of vipers was... going to be something worth watching and watching out for, because Draco knows how vicious young Slytherins could be.

But he supposes Granger - Hermione? - would know that just as well.