"Classifying something as 'good' because it was frightening."
"The administration is pre-set," he reminds him, his only comment before applying himself to his preparations while Q muses, "and not individualized."
"Not really. As you say, that's no challenge. It's the other that's of more interest Besides, I don't get the impression that of all the places that should be purified of Potter's former presence, that one is high on the list. He doesn't seem to have inflicted anything worse on the populace from there than toast-shaped charcoal." He quirks an eyebrow at him. "Of course it does. I don't know whether Shell Grotto is actually the room Merlin raised the dragon from, but it's certainly a part of Vortigern's residence."
Severus gives him a long, flat look. "I'll pretend you said 'I was thinking of doll magic and this is the aspect of it that occurred,' if you don't again forget to whom you're speaking," he proposes with ripped-silk courtesy.