Tristan began to walk them in the direction of the Leaky Cauldron, but then he stopped, paused and looked at Dennis. Past tenses were never a good thing when referring to people.
"It's a wizarding one. I know it's not very good, but like I said, it brings in the money I need for food. When my brother's at school I can hopefully save up some money and get a new one but-" he didn't want to keep talking about this. "My name is Tristan, by the way," he held out a hand to Dennis.