"Oh, yes. Very much so." He huffs a wry laugh. "At my school, there were four Houses. One was Ravenclaw, where the brightest children were sorted. One was Gryffindor where the bold and brave went."

He says bold and brave like they are not the finest superlatives.

"Hufflepuff House was made up of the loyal and hard-working, and Slytherin, the cunning and ambitious. Guess which House claimed me?"