She wanted to say that Harry seemed to think that his godfather had a long drive to get to battiness, but she refrained. The further away from the matters of both Snape, and Severus, the more comfortable she would be.

"I promise, I'll keep checking on him for you Harry, but I'm certain he'll grow quite weary of my fussing." A quick note here and there wouldn't hurt anyone, right? "Perhaps the next time you're home he'll come to dinner so you can see for yourself."

This wasn't getting off the topic of Sirius at all. This was actually more like digging a bigger hole for herself to climb into, and a moment later she was swift to change the subject.

"How's your friend, by the way? Hermione. I saw her with you earlier, but we didn't get a chance to chat."