"Oh, only. All right, then," George said teasingly. He was always worlds more comfortable with his family. Thus, he obviously spoke more freely than he would in the office or most anywhere else outside of their home.

George took a spoonful of his stew and took a moment to chew before answering. "Oh, Merlin no. It just... kept following me. No matter how much I shooed it." Living animals and ghostly animals, it didn't matter which. They tended to attach themselves to him even if he would rather that they didn't.