Dorothea shivered a little as the cool air hit her, it wasn't especially cold, but going from the warm inside made her exposed skin prickle slightly. It was pleasant out here and the perfume from the garden flowers was lovely. "I guess we are quite similar in that, I was regularly praised in etiquette class and it made sense to stick with it. Perhaps there is a few decisions I might have made differently along the way, but I think I picked the right path." his comment about his hands made her look at hers, feminine and well manicured and compared them to his hands. There was a certain attractive quality of a man whose hands showed a life of use, she chuckled a little internally and returned her focus away from admiring the man.

She thought what it must be like being a woman working at the ministry most of it was a bit of a boys club or so she had heard, so she could respect any woman who had made waves there. "She must be quote proud of what you have accomplished, who knows how many future discoveries will be the result of your teaching."