"You, my beautiful wife, are a brilliant person, with brilliant ideas."
Not: That's absurd. Not: But I just moved in to this flat! Not: Maybe we should have less dogs? Five is a lot... Instead, Sirius was sipping from his wine, and already daydreaming of the possibilities. And at the back of a busy mind, rolling over a list of practicalities and needs.
"If we sell both properties, we'd have a hefty sum to invest in a home. Room for Remus, the Potters, Peter and Marlene, when they're all over at the holidays. Space for the dogs. At least two spare rooms to grow? Unless you wanted to keep this place, might be difficult to let given the political climate, but a second property's never a bad investment."