Whenever she told a new person about her career choice Marlena felt a slight tension in her frame but it unravelled as quickly as it had come when Winnie did not immediately pull a face, but instead mentioned her brother. She didn’t know all the aurors of course, but one stood out as the most likely to have a sister who worked as a midwife and seemed to be quite at ease in a public house.

“Secrets,” Lena replied in a solomn tone, though her lips seemed unable to drop the smile they had formed. “And the mysteries of the universe but if I tell you any more than that I may be thrown into Azkaban,” she added, taking a sip of her drink, eyes never leaving the other woman as she was far too curious to see what she would make of the flim-flammery they employed in the department to avoid actually telling anybody what they did.

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