August did not quite get the Malfoy sisters, but did understand the perils of having siblings you had a difficult or complicated relationship with. He knew that things were often more complicated than they appeared, which was why he felt he could not completely understand a relationship without more context. But he smiled briefly at her teasing, because he understood it enough.

He nodded. "Oh, certainly," August said. "And —" he paused briefly, as he was trying to figure out the best way to phrase this next part of his sentence — I was honored to receive your invitation." A personalized one. August did not want to read too much into it, especially not so soon after his embarrassment with Miss Adebayo, but it did feel like it meant something.