There was that, and the trace, of course. Someone would know every time Peter changed - the whole reason he ever even registered, Lucius expects. Still, he keeps those thoughts filed away, and he continues to look sympathetic. This is leading exactly where he wants it to, after all.

"Some people want to start fresh after school, I suppose. There are a few friends I rarely see myself, these days." Well, Elektra Burke had definitively taken the other side when he and Petia had broken up - and that was expected. Most of his other school friends had either been a little older or a little younger. "If you don't mind me offering some advice, Peter - it might be time to make some new friends. I found doing that is what kept me from feeling like an extra wheel with my old ones." He looks down at the quill he's still holding and dips it back in the inkpot.

"A few friends and I are are going to Ireland for a few days after Halloween. Maybe you'd like to come along?"