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Sipping her tea again, Ella tried not to laugh it out. "Luckily, the food court was one of the first places I went to, so I don't think I'll have trouble with that one." The food court was new, or so she heard, and it was kind of all the rage. So it was hard to miss it, luckily.
Wow, an editor and a photo journalist. Interesting. "That's quite different than international cooperation," she said with a hint of amusement. She wanted to ask what drew him to the Ministry, but she was afraid of asking too many questions. Ella took another sip of her tea when he asked about her past. "I was a professor at Florence's Academy of Magical Creatures, over in Italy. I studied there after I graduated Hogwarts for a few years, did some traveling..." She paused momentarily before continuing, "Then I spent some time at the dragon sanctuary in Romania before becoming a professor. And after three years I realized I didn't really want to teach anymore, I wanted to be more active, and not by giving lectures about beasts and spirits. So, that's what brought me here." She smiled and shrugged a little. That was her history in a nutshell. Of course, there was more to it, but this was just for the sake of small-talk.
"Well that's good." he said winking at her "At least you know where the food stuffs are then." Yep, he'd pretty much starved til he figured that out, when he first got to the ministry.
"It is, but I've done a lot of travelling. Up til now it's been a constant in my life. Travelling to so many different places. And I have a lot of contacts out there, from both doing the travelling and working at the Prophet." He didn't add lots of contacts on the black market and underground, but that would be a given too, he figured. Tilting his head a little his eyes widened, "Fascinating, I haven't taught any subjects, though I'm sure it'd be a lot of fun!" He loved kids and watching as their lives opened up with the knowledge they got, just his little brother and sister in law, though they were young yet he'd learned so much about and taught them a lot. He loved having those two kids living with him and Kat! Nodding he understood where she was coming from. "I can see that. Being stuck in the school for 10 months out of the year, keeps you pretty limited and I don't rightly know if I'd like that myself, I'd want to be out there." Taking another drink he finished the cup. Instead of asking for more though he stood up and moved to the pot where she'd poured it from and refilled his cup before returning to his seat.