Perhaps Martel just enjoys having an audience; his theatricality can't be entirely for his own benefit. (He could live without one, mind you, but when that audience exists he invariably begins playing to it.)
And on the subject of people around Severus lately-
"Miss Owens," he observes, not exactly asking - what exactly would he ask about that?
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And on the subject of people around Severus lately-
"Miss Owens," he observes, not exactly asking - what exactly would he ask about that?