"I'm counti--" Botros started to reply but was cut off by the somewhat sad and somewhat serious expression that passed over Odessa's face before he wrapped his arms around the elderly man. Ab smiled and hugged the kid back (eighteen years old WAS still kid to the eighty years old man), his hand patting his back all manly like. "It's alright to make mistakes, son." He told him when they were this close, an advice from the heart because Botros had a strong impression that this particular Slytherin beat himself up too much and too often. He was a kid, he should be allowed mistakes, like the case with the rest of his peers.