"Ah, so you were a delight." His tone is teasing, at least. It's difficult to see the Bull as anything but the Bull, but Dorian manages to conjure the image of a small, pudgy little child with little bumps where the horns should be. "You haven't outgrown the habit of sticking your nose into things, I see."

Especially now, with the Bull involving himself in all of Dorian's affairs. A consummate problem solver, this one.

"Aside from my various squabbles with the other children, my instructors and tutors would say I was a joy to teach. 'So attentive, is young Lord Pavus. So intelligent! So diligent! If only he could apply himself more evenly, he would be a wonder!' At least, that's what they would say to my parents. Otherwise, I'm certain they would have said I was an insufferable little braggart and were only too happy to see me shipped off to a new Circle, if they hadn't feared my father's influence."