He's not discounting it! He's just an old man with regrets, all right, you'll understand when you're an old man too.

He's really eating up Harry's attention though, it feels nice to chat with him like this, without a war in the way. "No, she didn't fall for his crocodile tears at all, to his chagrin," he says, pulling a plate of cookies near with two fingers. "She was ruthless, your mum, kept him in his place."