Setting the cup of black tea next to Remus' knee, he sat back and waited for inevitable questions. He knew there were doubts about the WSS and quite frankly, Ted understood some of the sentiments. He had many of those self same doubts, but he wouldn't voice them, not when he when he was still in the employ of the Ministry.
"By registering with the Ministry, not only are you complying with the law, you're also given a voucher for the Wolfsbane potion every month. The pass is good for one year, by that time you have to go into the WSS to just reaffirm that you are alive and so forth, that nobody is using your identity commit heinous crimes."
"You also have to provide a DNA sample." He paused there, looking at his hands. "If only to exonerate you should there be need to run samples against the database. There has been a rise in attacks and those that comply are better for it. And to be perfectly honest, if you don't register, people will talk. They already know your status. Quite a few adults had you as a professor and know the reason for your leaving." That and Ted had never made it a secret that his father suffered from lycanthropy.
He took a deep drink from his cup, unsure of what to say next. "Have you given anymore thought to what you're doing over the Full?