He's been trying to butter up Severus for a while and had nothing to show for it except a magically enlarged hedge.
This would be an excellent nerdy quote for a t-shirt. :D

Thankfully, he does listen to Harry, so all I have to do is wait for the savior to do what he does best and save his man from the utter idiocy of thinking himself as darkish, bitter, self-serving and blah-di-blah-di-blah...
So true... else this story would be going nowhere. And wouldn't that be utterly sad?

LOL. I wouldn't be so sure if I were you, teryarel. This is Severus Snape. He is resistance incarnate, and I still have seven entire chapters to torture you with. *insert ominous music here* :)
Noooo! *wails. Again.* You can't do that to me. Haven't I been a nice reader, leaving comments left and right? Okay, I did slip up once or twice. And yes, maybe I coerced some information out of you here and there, but overall I really behaved well. Didn't I? *pleading eyes*

Edit: I'm at the airport waiting for my flight home. I wanted to use the time to read the next chapter, but my smartphone screen is tiny... I'll wait until I get home to do this properly!