"I'm sure that it would have," Remus says, folding his hands over his hips and offering a gently warm smile. Gone is the standoffishness, although the alert wariness remains. Not necessarily a wariness toward Yukio in particular, but simply the self-awareness of a person in a new situation.

"Everyone's got things that they're good or bad at. Some of those things they're born into ... other things, less so. Well, obviously. That is a lot of words to say ho-hum. You're sopping. Do you want to come in and have a drink 'til all this drizzle ends?"