Remus mused lightly at that. It was something incredibly simple and not a complete compliment, but coming from Severus it was a lot. His lips met the other boy's again, softly.

"I'm glad you have faith in me, but it's not my intelligence up for debate. And with things happening outside of Hogwarts. Well it's only going to get more dangerous." He said, hiding the fact that he truly was scared to face his future.