"Thank you." Despite his playful arrogance, there were a small handful of things about which he was a little more humble, and his contribution as a healer was one of them. He worked in a ward where some patients may never see a change in condition, and others if they did it took a long time to happen. There was never any instantaneous evidence of wellness, just the hope that he had done something to make someone's life a little easier, if only for a day. He did grin at the idea of being a good father, and it was something he often hoped himself - he knew at least that he'd be more accepting than his own father. "Well, of course I'd be brilliant at it," he said aloud with a wink and a chuckle.
He nodded a little solemnly at the mention of thestrals. The first time he'd seen one had been after the Battle of Hogwarts when he'd noticed eery looking animals that he'd never noticed before on the school grounds. Almost everyone who had been in the battle saw them, for they had all seen death in some shape or form that day. He couldn't help but wonder if Theodore had been at the battle and that's why he could see them, or if somethind had happened before that. "There used to be only a handful of people who could see them, now lots of us can. Do they only keep them at Hogwarts, or are there reserves elsewhere?"