Living with just his uncle could get excruciatingly boring, especially when the man was in the throes of a new project. He had heard mutters about some expedition and knew it was some sort of thing by a man surnamed Darrow but beyond that all Tristan knew was that it was something that Jac was excited about. By now he was used to the pattern so knew that he was more helpful by being out of the way.

And so, he had wandered into Hogsmeade to see if he could find any eggs.

Instead, he found Ernie Nuffer and Tristan automatically felt a smirk blossoming on his face. He'd been thinking about that mistletoe kiss and he was very into antagonizing Nuffer some more. "Hello, stranger," Tristan drawled as he approached the Slytherin. "Hoping the egg shares the same trick as that thing we found over Christmas?" See? He could be discreet.