"Reformed? I didn't realise.." Alan hesitated for a moment and then continued, "If we do choose to be reformed, would it affect the price you have paid for us? My mother-in-law (Mrs. De'Ath) never said anything about it. Though I think she's wanted rid of me since I met Lauren. She took on our children on condition that we were sold as meat. We couldn't let them down." He looked at Draco who, despite being reptilian, looked quite trustworthy and benign. "And whatever may become of us, we want to be served together."