With anyone else, that comment would have put Theo's back up and his defenses firmly in place--a knee-jerk reaction. However, this was Pansy and they were being light-hearted, so his only reaction was a duck of the head and a faint sigh. "Yes, there is that," he replied. "But, she can learn from my mistakes."
Part of him longed to tell her right now that no, Peter wasn't his son. Amy even knew that, not that she would ever utter the words to anyone, even her precious Tommy. What would she say, if she knew? he wondered. How would she feel about Peter, if she knew he was of less than pure bloodlines? He wished he could tell her, and know. Because he loved her.
"Hmmmmmmm." He watched her with those dark eyes of his as she skillfully avoided giving a full answer. "What can I do to find this out, my dear?" he asked, moving a little closer to her. Of course, he'd never quite fully gotten his way with this tactic, but nevertheless he used it because he rarely cared if it didn't really work.