Oh, wow. It was his mother (http://community.livejournal.com/hogwarts_hocus/1421452.html), in about ten years or so. The Hufflepuff answer actually made Brice shiver. How much of that could he trust was sincere, and how much was a clever act in case there were journalists around? Lucille did look older than Laura presumably ever would (Laura would of course never admit to aging, and would without a doubt take every precation necessary to maintain her beauty for as long as possible), but it was a type that he recognised well. Hopefully this one had more morals than dear old Mum, though. It didn't take much to have more morals than Laura de Winter, who was one step away from being a demon in human disguise, but he was going to stay suspicious until proven otherwise.

Yes, Brice was aware he had trust issues.

He looked at Lucille for a long, long time, his face carefully blank. He was sorely tempted to just Squib and leave, but Mel would scold him for that once he told her, and scolding just wasn't fun. So he decided to have a friendly conversation instead. Well, friendly-ish.

"Who's Annyong?" Brice asked, fighting to sound, well, not openly hostile. He did manage to not glare, though. That was an improvement.