Remus had quite possibly never been this taken by another person. Sirius had been bold and brash in most of their interactions, and yet he seemed shy to stand by his own accomplishments when faced with them. It was intoxicating.<br/>"Why did you say it like that?" Remus challenged with a delay, still feeling more whiplash by the narration than the revelation itself. There was a small furrow between his brows as he leaned back in his seat, better getting the pint in his reach, finding the glass ice cold to the touch.<br/>"It's not a weird story at all, you were such a smart child," he recalled, knowing himself to have been impressed by Sirius' ingenuity when they played; he still had several trinkets Sirius had patched together, seemingly out of thin air.<br/>With his pint in his hand, Remus' smile changed, widening as if it were a private joke. "People just don't know you like that."