He laughed again, before biting back on it and smiling at Avery. Despite having a book thrown at him, the conversation wasn't going so bad, yeah? And, in truth, watching Avery pout about was...cute. He looked so much younger when he acted like that.

"Alright, alright...lips are sealed." He was smug though, as he picked up the book from where it had landed. Curiously, he opened it up, peering down at the pages a bit passively.

"Reading about dark witches and wizards, huh?" Flipping to the index, he ran his thumb down and then across to the page number after finding his mother's family name. Thumbing through the pages, he glanced up at Avery a moment, then frowned. "Are you really upset about that inbred thing? Because, you know, my Meme wanted me to marry a first cousin. All about diluting the English 'mudblood' in my veins."