*Squinting and curious, Ted holds the ring right up to his eye, oddly resembling a drunken pirate as he inspects it, frowning.*

That’s good, I like it. Dromeda’s has a pearl. But she is a lady.

*At that, he chuckles, and then the chuckle turns into laughter--completely drunken, not unkind laughter. It is funny because it is true. Carefully, unsteadily, he holds the ring out for Sirius to take it back.*