Once the two had calmed down, Douglas invited them again:
"Are you really not joining me for breakfast?"
Lupin hesitated, then sat down at the table.
Douglas picked up a meat bun and tossed it to Sirius, who was still standing.
Lupin glanced at the two of them, then asked:
"Where is he?"
Sirius took a bite of the bun and said:
"Still with that boy, but don't worry. This fellow drugged him..."
Lupin looked at Douglas in shock and asked in confusion:
"Drugged him?"
Douglas handed Lupin a bun too. Lupin took it and bit into it, but his eyes remained fixed on Douglas.
Douglas nodded and said:
"Yes. I added a specially prepared potion to the food I made specifically for Ron's rat. It improves his constitution, making his body stronger without him noticing.
"But there are a few little side effects. Whoever eats it can easily become addicted to the food and become especially sleepy..."
Of course, there was one other, most important effect that Douglas did not mention.
Hearing this, Lupin looked at Sirius, who had finished one bun and was reaching for a second, still wanting more.
Then he looked at his own half-eaten bun, thought for a moment, and finally ate the rest in one bite.
"I still don't understand when you two got together."
Then he remembered the scene aboard the Hogwarts Express and looked at Douglas and Sirius in shock.
"Don't tell me you brought Padfoot out of Azkaban? I remember the wooden plaque you gave Harry caught a Dementor on the train, and there was a corporeal Patronus inside it too. Don't tell me all of that was a coincidence."
Douglas was about to explain when Sirius interrupted him.
"Let me explain."
He really was afraid that the moment Douglas opened