"Yeah, that's a good way of judging whether someone's bad," Faustus said quietly. He then scowled, looking very much like his father. "My Mum hid us both from the Death Eaters for years. She used to be a part of them but she ran away after she got pregnant with me. She said she saw her parents get killed and knew that if the Death Eaters had known she was pregnant, it would have been very bad for her. We even hid fom Dad because Mum didn't know he was only pretending to be a Death Eater."
He gave a start then laughed and hugged Ben back. His mother had never really been one for spontaneus hugs and his Dad definitely wasn't so he wasn't quite used to it.
"I'll have to read the books again so I get it right," he said. "We want to proper Hobbiton, not the one after Saruman takes over. That wouldn't be fun at all."
He gave Ben a curious look. "Can we really get food here? Because I'm hungry." He didn't add that he didn't want to go back home to eat. He knew Dad was going to be very angry with him for running away and coming here where he couldn't find him.