"He's very faithful and true. And Lionel, like lion. Gryffindor, you know?" Aster smiled at Dennis as comfortingly as he could. Maybe none of that would shake out, but he definitely had a more concrete idea all of a sudden. Still, he kept it to himself, just sighing and leaning back against the railing of the balcony. His mind drifted to all the things he'd been waiting to tell Colin and Dennis in the year he'd been gone, but suddenly it had been just Dennis and he wasn't sure what he'd wanted to say to who. So for the moment, he was silent, just reveling in their quiet companionship.