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Percy noticed the smile on Goyle's face and thought it must have something to do with thoughts of children and school. He did cringe, however, at the question about Lucy. There were still many who disapproved of unmarried parents - though almost as bad were those who 'praised' Percy for wanting his daughter for more than a day or two per week. She was his daughter, it was his job to help raise her, and Percy was nothing if not dedicated to his work, whatever it was. "Lucy spends four days with me and four days with her mother. It's an arrangement we find works quite well." Hopefully the young man would leave it at that, as Percy wasn't quite in the mood to defend his choices in life at this moment.
"A receipt won't be necessary," Percy waved off, and then was taken aback when Goyle offered to move the canary creams. He'd often suspected his brother had made certain they were close to the ground just so Lucy could reach them, and he thought it was quite a nice gesture on Goyle's part to offer to change that. His estimation of the young man immediately changed quite a bit.
"Thank you, that would be much appreciated. Don't let my brother give you too hard of a time, all right?" He extended his hand, an offer of peace if there ever was one.