[What? Like that was a hard way to grow up? No. He doesn't have to say it. They both know how that looks. And James is as out to be his friend as Severus is out to make him one. So, not at all.]
--like. Like your mother. You look a lot like your mum.
[Finishes, awkwardly. That's all the attempting he has in him for the night.
He also feels like he just insulted the poor woman with that comparison...]
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[A pause. And then,]
Just that it looks--
[What? Like that was a hard way to grow up? No. He doesn't have to say it. They both know how that looks. And James is as out to be his friend as Severus is out to make him one. So, not at all.]
--like. Like your mother. You look a lot like your mum.
[Finishes, awkwardly. That's all the attempting he has in him for the night.
He also feels like he just insulted the poor woman with that comparison...]