Momentarily concerned that she'd upset him with her question, Elsie was ready to backpedal, but then he was laughing and she still felt like she'd gone and said the wrong thing yet again. A fresh wave of pink tinted her cheeks as she stumbled forward in the conversation. Maybe she should try and make her escape soon and save Mr. Adlard the trouble. "Of course, I didn't mean-" She wasn't holding it against him, she was apparently still just as terrible at small talk as ever. "I'm sure the fog kept the ministry unnecessarily busy this summer." The undue idleness she'd been forced to endure during it had nearly driven her mad, not being able to work through it, her only worthy distraction.

It was then that Elsie remembered he mentioned working in the ministry, in the Beast Division? That sounded right. "Recent position? Something new?" She was grasping at anything now to prevent any awkward silences. Working with creatures must have certainly kept him on his toes, especially during that unnatural fog. She did remember he mentioned he read rather extensively on the subject, or did when he had the time.