Lex nodded, taking up her position before the punching back again, waiting for it to swing back in her direction. The psych eval had been a strange concept for her, mostly because she'd been raised not to lie--why bother when the truth could often be as satisfying and as damaging? The truth had served her well in her tactless life until she got to the MLE where they apparently took public safety really serious and didn't wanna give just anyone permission to serve. WHACK! What a load of Hogwash.

"Yeah, no kidding. Legend chewed me out once for attempting it. Said I didn't understand the severity of the situation, since Vivi had just been attacked down there," WHACK! WHACK! WHACK! "and got messed up pretty badly. I guess he had a point but at the time it still felt like a crime to be put on only the most mundane of missions." YATIs literally had the shortest end of everything. They sat on the floor til they earned a table as an Auror. They did Ministry Patrols and simple ones out in London that couldn't possibly yield anything. They seldom were allowed to tag along when cases got too big. Was it any wonder some of them went power hungry the moment they hit the big leagues?

"Desk duty's the absolute worse though, next to maternity leave." I can't remember which I hated more."[/b] Wait. Not true. WHACK! Pregnancy sucked. Knowing you had to sit out and that it wasn't even because you botched something out in the field. Merlin it was hard to justify. Speaking of, "How's the rugrat?"

Lex pulled a face at the mention of History of Magic. It hadn't been her best either. Understatement. "Memory potions. Don't ask me if they're allowed but all those laws and statutes," that she didn't care for or always follow, "it could come in real handy."