The words were formal, which was and wasn’t a surprise. Beyond Hermione’s... no, Granger’s plaintive request Would it kill you to call me Hermione? in Hogsmeade he had maintained a dignified distance out of respect to her. Although he would have quite happily jinxed and hexed his father for hours for depriving him of one of the 80 minute lunches he had enjoyed at the Minister’s office over several weeks.