Re: Severus, Al
Snape chuckled, soft and low: the sound was like a ripple of a velvet banner. "Heaven forbid I should permit you to pronounce any ill-advised punctuation," he purred. "Fear not, I shall monitor your condition - physical, mental, emotional, and literary - with as much closeness as I can."
And, of course, Snape was capable of levels of closeness that would no doubt astonish his colleagues.