[The corner of Dean's mouth twitches again, not quite a smile, but close; he's satisfied by the surprise, as much as by the memory of having done it at all. Another time it might not come so close to amusing him, but considering the subject they're currently on? Dean is glad for the confirmation that neither Stephanie nor Scorpius (nor Anya) bothered telling anyone.]

First week I got here. He wanted to dig through my brain, I figured it was a good time to make sure he knew that wasn't going to be as easy as he thought.

[He doesn't quite trail off, but his mood does dampen some; he's much too good at bluffing to let it show entirely, but the fact of the matter was that in the end, Scorpius had gotten what he wanted anyway. Dean still hasn't decided what he's going to do about that, if anything. Certainly apologizing for almost roasting him isn't in the cards, but that really had been an accident.

Karma, maybe. The hunter snorts.]