Blaise nodded his assent. "You've a point. Be grateful you don't have to work alongside some of them." Blaise enjoyed his job for the most part, but it certainly had its drawbacks, like the fools he sometimes had to surround himself with. But he had a goal in mind, and he had to work towards it. Unfortunately.
"Much the same." He skirted around a family nearly as large as the Weasleys, without so much as a second look at them. "I've merely got a stop to make for a few potions ingredients, and I thought I'd get them while I was still here in London." He paused for a minute and then added, as he moved toward Adelwood's Apothecary. "And I've failed to re-extend that invitation for dinner, haven't I? To make up for canceling my party. I must send you and Daphne as well and other invitation when I'm a bit less hampered by family obligations."