RemnantRose
She would sigh and nod. "I know I will get some static every now and then about them but there is no way I will abandon them..." She would frown and look down. "I wont lose a single one of my babies and, without these, I would lose most of them forever... I just hope I can still summon my poor basilisk without the essence of time under my wing." She would shrug and then grin. "Besides... their fun to have around, even if I dont really fight around here..."
She would pull away and turn to face him. "So how have you been...? I missed you all so much... I wish I hadn't fallen into that state so I could have stayed with you all in these past few months..."
He shrugged and looked up to the sky then. "Me? Oh, Ive been around. Not so much as before, but around." He rolled his head downwards then, looking towards her and grinning mischieviously. "Well then.... care to find out if you can still use your basilisk?" His eyes glinted once and then their color shifted, darkening for a brief, almost undetectable instant, reverting back to normal almost as quickly.