"This is why I make it a practice never to get involved with anyone," Alastor dead-panned. "It always end up affecting my work."
The boy got points for subtlety with the bracelet, Alastor would give him that. A short bark of laughter escaped him at Potter's assertions, however. "Boy, did you pick the wrong field of work if you don't want people telling you what to do.
"Orders are something you're going to have to learn to live with until you have enough experience under your belt to be giving them. And, if you are going to accept the association that," he pointed briefly at the matching jewellery they were both sporting, "then you need to understand that orders are a part of that as well. Orders come for a reason, often one that can be explained if you ask before dismissing it." Although, not always.
"Potter, it doesn't matter what you think you've done. I'd say yesterday was a very pointed example of the fact that you are a natural born leader and the people closest to you are going to follow you into hell with or without your say so."