Minerva, Remus quickly learns, is much less strict when she isn’t your teacher. She is still stern, of course, and Remus fears her disappointment nearly as much as his own mother’s, but there is a kindness and even a fondness that he knows she had hidden in Hogwarts. She and his mother get along splendidly, and Minerva once again shows her knowledge of the muggle world in a way that surprises Remus, seeing as she must have been living solely in the wizarding world for decades, now. His Ma is obviously glad to meet someone else closer to her age, instead of conversing with only her son and his friend-maybe-ex-lover.