"Well.. yeah, it's been on my mind since I've seen you show up here. Or before that. When I was told I become a father later." But to hear it from him personally, from Scorpius himself. That had really set him at ease now. And he could imagine going on a bit about Potter and.. Weasley. Even if he had been right in his memory of things.
He was a bit surprised about the elves and yet part of him wasn't. "Ohh... right. I remember, she did have this thing in school, protests, something about house elves, freeing them or.. something. But she actually succeeded. Well of course she did. This is Hermione Granger. She always won at most things." Though he had come in second on some times. "So, I should tell you. People don't like me here because of my last name and house. And who my family is. Mostly the Gryffindors, Sirius and the others, and even a couple employees who don't even know me. Please tell me that house rivalries aren't as bad as it was when I went to school.."