[ lupin would protest very much if he knew they were thinking that. he's not fragile, he's a manly man!!

but he doesn't, so he just offers a little laugh in return. ]

You're lucky you can't. It's freezing out here. But it was hard for you too, huh...?

[ on the other end of the spectrum, from Lupin's point of view, they seem almost comically unflappable... but he supposes, as he said earlier, that they do like to sleep. ]

What do you mean, winter duties, anyway? I never asked. Did you take care of the others while they were... hibernating? [ that's what they said, right? like bears... ]