Re: Ernie and Theo
Ernie nodded and ceased his waving - Seamus hadn't spotted him anyway as he'd been with another customer.
He heard the suspicion in the other man's voice and couldn't help but wonder what would be suspicious about being kind to someone. Kindness was a part of Ernie's everyday life, but then not everyone's lives had gone the way Ernie's had.
He didn't want to remind the other bloke of Janus Thickey if he didn't remember himself, but he couldn't lie - literally, he was the worst liar he knew. "Well, you look around my age - maybe we met at school. I started in '91, Hufflepuff. I'm also a mediwizard at St. Mungo's in the Janus Thickey ward, so people sometimes remember me from the hospital if they've been to visit someone." Or as a patient.