"I expect most of the ship saw that," she says, not entirely unkindly. Not entirely kindly, though, either; there were an awful lot of punches thrown, and she'd decided she needed to investigate further before deciding if she feels the need to choose sides. (She's managed to avoid that, so far, with Severus and Sirius. She thinks, anyway; Sirius was very short with her the last time they spoke.) "I just thought it was very interesting that Severus intervened for Sirius, but you hadn't for him."

The dynamic there is one she would very much like to have a clearer picture of - and her tone does begin to make it clearer that she believes she has a vested interest in the answers, rather than just being some gossip without any shame.

The sharp-edged smile she bestows on him doesn't suggest that's going to work. To wit: "Is your surname 'Impossibly-Surpassed-Severus-In-The-Absolute-Cock-Stakes'? Because, and bless him, I'd have liked to have been able to replay that moment to be absolutely sure that it really was him who came off looking like the least irrational cunt."

A rare occurrence, Remus must agree!

"But in case you're not feeling terribly forthcoming, let me just get to the point. I happen to be sort of fond of both of those men, and if you pull that again, I'll report you to everyone I know on Security so fast your head will spin all the way to the brig."

A brief eye-roll - because she's going to get any straighter an answer out of either of them? please, Remus is already easier to deal with and between them they could probably power a tank that runs solely on testosterone right now - and then, "I don't know. It looked an awful lot like you knew exactly what you were doing, the three of you."

Sirius has actually already beaten Severus at least once that she knows of, and is on Security; what Ilde really means is that she'll go and wail to Grant until he agrees to punch whoever made her cry great big crocodile tears. That, however, isn't as officially intimidating as 'report you to Security', even if it is both more accurate and arguably a bit more fun.

...and, though she doesn't say it, she's absolutely not going to tell Severus she did this, and can't imagine Sirius having any sympathy for her concern in that regard. There's a reason she went straight to what looks like the source of current conflicts.

"Fucking wizards," she says, resigned to the fact that this is as much as she's getting out of him; it's not shocking. To be perfectly honest, it's further than she thought she'd get - it's just she's very good at pushing her luck like she couldn't possibly believe it wouldn't go that far.

(Her tone, which positions 'wizards' as something thoroughly alien, does suggest very interesting things about what kind of a person is apparently fond of both Sirius and Severus. Considering.)

Well spotted.

The expression she levels at him suggests he is dumber than a first year Gryffindor hanging from a tree by someone holding their pants.

"Why shouldn't I?"

"You'd be surprised what a breath of fresh air they are," she says, very dry. Surprised and alarmed, probably, but really-- arrogant fuckheads are more or less Ilde's specific milieu. She's very familiar with how to navigate such men and she's been doing it for years; she feels more comfortable around people like that than genuinely kind, pleasant and polite individuals.

They tend to make her wonder where the bodies are buried. No one's really a good person.

"Besides, if you point out that half the ship thinks they're just having some sort of ex-lover's spat, the faces that they make are amazing--"

Wizards: they're very like pokemon, it turns out.

"It isn't terribly difficult," she says, blithely, stepping out past him and then giving him a little shove - on the arse, which was unnecessary, Ilde - back into the lift. "Your floor's higher. Try not to get into a punch-up between here and there."