"A smile would suit you well!" Alastor chimed, followed by a hearty laugh. But beneath all of this, he's concerned about you. Really concerned.

He lived the great depression, he can sure as hell recognize it in his child. Blood related or not, he developed those fatherly instincts early on. He knows you. "Has something happened you haven't told me about?" Alastor slipped into the conversation not-so-subtly.

Looking down at your from, he felt pity. He just wanted you to be okay.