"Learning something new helps hone the old skills," Sirius said with a big smile at Jacob before he spoke to the ladies.
"Pleased to meet you, Rachel, and I don't think we're related but I wouldn't object at all if we were." He meant it too, considering the family he had come from.
"Hello, Faith. Nice to meet you." Sirius lightly scratched the back of his neck and shrugged lightly. "I've had some experience dodging spells," he told her. Had he successfully evaded that last one cast against him by someone who was a blood relative, he wouldn't have been there. Or would he?