Phineas had done a fairly good job of leaving Sirius alone here, so Sirius only raised an eyebrow at him when his brother appeared next to him. "Pureblood," he answered, "Minister thing, obviously. The eldest is your year." Sirius had never played with any Potters, because the family had been small — they had never been in the same little groups of pureblood children.

"Developing rumors?" he asked mildly, keeping up his pace and expecting Phineas to match him.