"That's right," he nodded. "I don't feel as though I missed out on much there. I don't find them to be amusing people to begin with. Muggles scream louder when they don't know what's coming." It was true.
As she mentioned Alecto, he nodded his head. "Then why don't I have her come with me? If I recall, you seem to work better alone," he told her. "I know better than to get in your way, and this way she can learn from me and not be hexed by you for being annoying, should she choose to be so." He had the patience of a saint. Well, no. That wasn't true, but he did have more patience than Bellatrix.