He snorted. "Or maybe some of us have just been working too much and we're not quite as brilliant as we normally are." He suggested with an easy smirk in her direction - it was better being out of the castle, being able to go home at the end of the day, he didn't feel quite so on edge when dealing with people, and it was easier to tease.
"Well aren't you just completely selfless." He said shaking his head and smirking as Dorcas told him why she had worked over Christmas, though he didn't envy her not having any family around. He'd had only a short amount of time without his family and yet it was enough to know that he would be a lot more like her if his situation was the same.
"Any plans for New Years, since you're going to have the time off?" He wasn't really sure what he was going to be doing yet, if he was going to be up to doing anything. He had his hermit reputation to think about after all.
He chuckled, "Felix makes me look like a normal person when it comes to our work." He informed her with a grin. He remembered just how much Felix had wished to be up at the Ministry the moment the battle had been over, helping out with paperwork and everything, at least he still held a little sway over his brother. "I'm not sure what everyone's aversion to paperwork is, it's a necessary part of our job. If this was all just running out and hexing the bad guys then going home at the end of the day, we'd have a lot more people in the department." He reminded her, though he wasn't really very forceful with his argument.