And Lucius was correct, Severus had not been paying attention, and was only aware of the last sentence spoken because his name was attached. Sometimes Lucius made it very easy to hate him. "I haven't been anywhere," he answered, only sounding slightly taken off guard. "Teaching takes up all of my time." He hoped the conversation would move on from him again, but he knew full well that Lucius would continue to try to embarrass him for as long as he was amused by it.