With the binds gone, his body fell from the wall and landed against the wooden floor of his back room. His knees buckled on landing, causing him to fall on his hands and knees. At least he was free from confinement. For the first time in a long time-probably not as long as it really felt- he actually was in control of his own body. He closed his eyes, thanked whatever higher power that could be listening and secretly vowed to never deal in this sort of stuff again.
He pushed back and went into s sitting position, leaning his back against the wall and looked up at the three young people in front of him. "I'm Octavius Pepper," he said in reply to Lavender's initial question. "I'm not dangerous..."