Al listened to dad with his usual focus, but meanwhile, a tangle of thoughts began unraveling inside his mind, like a puzzle to solve. This time, the puzzle took form of a dungeon map layout, similar to the one Al was preparing for his afternoon meeting. The inhabitants of the dungeon were placed in optimal and reasonable positions throughout the location. And at that moment, Al's mind added another inhabitant - Dad - to the dungeon's layout, assigned him appropriate numerical statistics and alignment, and then placed him in the far corner of the map. Just in case.
The adventuring party didn't need to run into this encounter yet. Not until levelling up significantly.
Al looked up at dad. "My feelings for Headmaster Snape have been addressed and taken care of in a logical way," he stated, his tone neutral. "They will not pose a problem in the future. Additionally, I will consider your request to recalculate my priorities regarding family dinners."