"Oh, you truly are an angel. Though my nephew might not agree when I lord such stories over his head. I only pray Walburga doesn't find out and return the favor by telling awful ones about me." Like how it wasn't until fourth year that he finally stopped clinging to his sister's robes whenever he had the chance, or the time he accidentally dropped a book on the librarian's head when he tried to get it from an upper shelf and slipped. A million little embarrassing things that had occurred over the course of his seven years spent at the school. He liked to think he was much more distinguished now, but that wasn't truly the case.
"Oh, please, be talkative and childish around me always. It would make me feel very much in place." After all, Alphard could certainly loose the prim, proper persona he affected in public when he was among friends and Parvati certainly was that. Smiling at her words, he nodded. He was tempted to day he most definitely suffered that fate with his nieces and nephews, but then he recalled that they began killing one another and held his tongue. Being here never got any easier. "Yes. Yes. Very lucky." he said, voice a bit more sober than he had been moments prior as he reached for the bottle once more. His head was beginning to get that fuzzy, happy feeling and he wanted to speed it up. Not thinking about serious things would be good right about now.