Amycus allowed himself a real smile at the expression on Peter's face. This was turning out to be a lot more fun than he'd expected. His accomplishments in the Dark Arts didn't strike awe into his housemates like this, they seemed to almost expect them from him and rightly so in some cases. "It was a pleasant sort of way to spend the summer. I've always enjoyed learning things. Even though some people view my choice of subjects a bit negatively," he said, tacking the last on almost as an afterthought.
He forced himself to give Peter a friendly smile in response to the other boy's comment about him being nicer. "It's really not a problem. I didn't realize that people talked about what I was like. Not outside of my house anyway."