A quarter of an hour passed of them exchanging ideas on how Hermione could make it look like she was trying to kill Ron without actually doing him any harm when there was a light tapping at the kitchen door. Ron rushed to answer it to allow his older brother inside. Though he might have once been the sort of sickening bootlicker that longed for position and ingratiated himself wherever possible with those who held any sort of power, Percy was much more reserved than his younger self. Experience and hardship thanks to Lord Voldemort's regime taught him some valuable life lessons. He no longer vied for position and he wasn't a fan of meaningless chatter.