That's awfully generous of you to admit. I'm not sure I'd have been so kind were I in your position. Sirius is a prat, but he's a malleable prat. He wouldn't be doing anything of any use around here if not for that; just goofing off and giving the rest of us a hard time.

Lupin didn't seem much like a beat people to a pulp sort of guy either, though, come to mention it. Is there something in the water, or am I missing a part of this story?