As soon as she blushed, Faustus felt a stab of guilt, and he smiled kindly at her, hoping that was enough to let her know she caused no offense. Her next comment, however... given her embarrassment at his reaction to her first statement, he presumed that she meant no disrespect to his mother. Fact of the matter was, his mother's husband (his father) had been convicted of being a Dark Wizard and that event wasn't something that faded away with time, despite the fact that Faustus had redeemed his family name. And thankfully, she kept talking, so he saw no reason other than to keep smiling.

Until the subject matter included his least favorite animal. It was rather sweet of her to offer her weakness, but it did not do the auror much good to have others know he could be felled by such a beast. As such, he chuckled and said, "I have no preference for transportation, in truth." Though was reluctant to offer more seeing as his mode of transportation could be a matter of security. Obviously there was little threat in the younger woman, but Faustus still had a day of work to go and was careful about speaking about the details of his career to people he did not know.