"More than a year?" Albus repeats, simultaneously taking Lily's story and committing it to mental memory.

He isn't sure she's ever actually talked about his granddad before now. And his mind is warring between wanting to ask more about that, about them, and wanting to talk - just a little more - about Scorpius.

Because a part of him feels like - like once this conversation is over, once Albus goes back to school, leaves the Bar, sees Lily on her way, he'll never really get to talk about Scorpius again.

And he's not sure he's ready for that.

"I didn't know that.

"That's a long time."