"He's discovered that I am not actively trying to have him killed." He sounded about as pleased with it as he actually was. It was foolish, maybe, to be so irritated that Potter might begin to consider him an ally, but the idea was so unnatural that he couldn't help but be repulsed by it. "I don't expect it will go any further than the rest of the Order. In any case - that shouldn't really trouble you. The school will only be in good hands for so much longer, however, and I think we should begin to prepare."