...well, if you're gonna choose the liar's path, you're gonna have to get used to it. You're right, Robbie; it would probably have been better to meet under different circumstances...[Though unlikely. Though the professor has been on Lupin's radar-- don't think he hasn't noticed a few instances of mutual insterest-- he had no reason to pursue anything until this point.

He claps his hands audibly, for the sense of immediacy and finality.]

It is what it is. ...aren't you a little young to be a professor?