Regulus listened, amused and bemused by turns by Harry's tales of his ghostly parents. He couldn't imagine why their ghosts had returned so long after their deaths, but perhaps they simply wanted to look in on their son after everything that had happened to him over the last year or so. At least it was a lighter topic, one that could let him forget his grisly gift for a little while, and he was content to sit and listen and feel safer for not being alone.