[yeah sorry it's an obsession right now. He shrugs, at the question, swirling his drink back the other direction.]

He wasn't meant to be in school. If anyone had known, they would have had been forced to expel him. Hell, we weren't even meant to know, but his excuses were such crap, we worked it out nearly right away. There's only so many times your mum can fall ill on the full moon, and you come back from the visit with fresh scars.