Paxton smiled as the other Hufflepuff agreed with him. It did really feel unreal but the firm handshakes of congratulations and questions of what he would be doing next made it feel quite real, at least. Though he had vaguely known his answer to the latter question since he was around ten years old and his father had newly become a ghost.

"Yes, it is. I'll be at the Ministry though I imagine you're expected to do the debutante thing?" Nothing wrong with that as far as he was concerned. But it did give a peculiar... unpleasant feeling to think of the beautiful Miss Lukeson dancing with all sorts of strange men who would have no idea how special she was.