There isn't a chance James is getting thick at all or in any fashion and they both know it. In all likelihood, it's more to do with the fact that he's still adjusting, both to this new city and to Lily's arrival. It's been a whirlwind the past several months and, looking back on it, Sirius can only marvel at how much has changed in such a short amount of time.

And for the better, it would seem. Certainly far preferable to hiding and waiting and scheming as they had back home.

"I'd say it is," he says with a tip of his chin, though is voice is all joking. "Look at this! She's pulled no punches, has she? Not that I'm surprised, of course. She's always been a bit of an overachiever in her own way. And she only shared some of her plans with me, I'll have you know. So anything you don't like was almost certainly something she didn't share with me and I couldn't advise her against."

He gives James's side a playful nudge with his shoulder. "You do like it though, don't you? May be a bit weird here all things considered, but it's better than that flat."