He nods and steps back, allowing room for him to enter before shutting the door. The castle is tasteful if curiously fashioned, the decor some kind of 'wizarding default' with his own darker influence here and there. He's not one to pay much attention to interior decorating, but it's clean and not abandoned-looking.

"How's the intelligent company that's trying to kill you fairing?" ... Well. Severus leads the way into a study.