The dining room was small but serviceable.  The food smelled delicious even in the absence of a house elf.  The conversation was mild and so bland that Reggie felt himself bracing for an attack that would never arrive.  Hadrian felt safe here, even if he wasn’t chatty.  Siri and Ted could keep the conversation going and entertaining.  Was this normal to other people?  Would he and Sharon have grown into this if she had survived the war?