Alecto watched Severus carefully. While part of her was pleased to see someone like Snape - a supporter of the Dark Lord - running Britain's school of Magical Education, part of her was hesitant. One, because she wasn't quite sure about Snape. There was something about him that made him different then their Death Eater peers. Surely the Lord had faith in him, however, and it behooved her to trust that fact.
But part of her also viewed Snape as an opportunity. For it was not he that she wished to see succeed, but that of her brother Amycus. Who would the Lord chose if suddenly their current Headmaster was unavailable?
"Just wandering around the castle. Trying to become familiar with everything again. It's been a long time."