Happy Birthday, Dear Albalark!

"Severus! Good to see you!"

"TRS. Now, what do you want?"

"There, there, Severus. Can't I greet a friend without needing something from him?"

"No, I don't think you can, actually."

"You may be right. I'm a Slytherin, after all, and ..."

"TRS, you may spend a few months at Hogwarts each year for that party of yours, but you were never Sorted. For a good reason."

"Slytherin, as we both know, is a state of mind rather than the innate ability to draw sparks from a phallic symbol."

"An ability you clearly don't have."

"Let's just say I don't mess around with symbols. But yes, there is something I wanted to talk about. ( It's Albalark's birthday, today. )