"I'm glad, I prefer you both alive. It makes liking you so much easier," he said with a smirk, though he inwardly sighed at the next comment, he'd hoped to avoid introduction.
"Now, now, James, I'm sure your father thought you some kind of manners," he said with a teasing tone. "This is Peter, one of the returnees."
"How have you been?" he asked politely to Peter, mostly because he felt he should acknowledge the other man's presence.