"Quite," Severus says, even though he'd been talking about Death Eaters. Why pass up a chance to agree about the flash bastards, after all?
"Because he's obviously besotted and showed no inclination to leave me alone with, yes, her." With a dark curl of a smile, "Oh, dear, you haven't been introduced? Have I said more than I ought?"
"I shall be ill," Severus declares.
He shrugs. "He was either genuinely convinced that their appearance meant they were physically inedible, or being histrionic. I leave it to you to suppose which."
I think that being willing to put up with the abuse instead of getting burned out in a year or two and very sensibly finding a job with less drama has become the essential qualification. :\ I know the crew sort of didn't...