"Oh, cheer up, Gamp, there's still time," Sirius offered; he took a small sip from his champagne flute. Hesper Gamp was always very serious — although she had not been when they met as children — and Sirius sometimes considered it his job to try to get her to lighten up a bit.

"No one's turned back from a hedgehog yet," he admitted, "If that's what you mean."