"If you had any knowledge of the Ministry, you'd know the Research Committee's limits," he countered, though truly had no intention of arguing this further. It was obvious that Echelon-Arnost still felt something, whether it was affection or mere protectiveness, for the now-vampire Miss Potter, but he wasn't sure what that meant right now.

"I should keep you no longer, lest we start a scene." It was good that no other bodies were in the room at the moment (though if there had been, he supposed no conflict would have arose in the first place).