At the wry tone from the man, Ben couldn't help but feel slightly sympathetic for Mr. Darrow. Ins and outs of any government system could be tiring at best, and Ben had been in the Ministry long enough to witness enough of it. He chuckled at Mr. Darrow's comment and leaned back in his chair, flipping through the last few pages of the folder. "Wishful thinking on my part," He said before setting down the file and steepling his fingers together.
His eyebrows shot up – Darrow had a point, perhaps it was an entire ploy to make everyone else think they did something of significance. If that were the case though, he didn't think a certain blonde Unspeakable would be as infamous as she was around the office for her...certain amount of gusto. "If it were, Mr. Darrow, I'd be very much put out seeing as these scars seem to impress a certain amount of people, courtesy of the Department of Mysteries." He volleyed back dryly though mildly amused as he pulled up his sleeve to reveal scars from the Brain Incident a few months back. Ari had done his best, but there were still faint traces of black and blue around his forearm. "However!" He continued, unphased – injuries were quite common for him and having fully recovered from amnesia 5 years previously, Ben found most incidents to measure up quite poorly to re-discovering he was a full-grown wizard, much less a Dark Wizard catcher.
"That does bring us to my next question, which is for you to relay to me – however tedious you might find this – what they reviewed with you down there." Ben smiled apologetically, hoping it would soften the frustration it might cause the man. "Seeing as you just came there, I'm sure the owl they're planning on sending me won't be following you up anytime soon."
His eyebrows shot up – Darrow had a point, perhaps it was an entire ploy to make everyone else think they did something of significance. If that were the case though, he didn't think a certain blonde Unspeakable would be as infamous as she was around the office for her...certain amount of gusto. "If it were, Mr. Darrow, I'd be very much put out seeing as these scars seem to impress a certain amount of people, courtesy of the Department of Mysteries." He volleyed back dryly though mildly amused as he pulled up his sleeve to reveal scars from the Brain Incident a few months back. Ari had done his best, but there were still faint traces of black and blue around his forearm. "However!" He continued, unphased – injuries were quite common for him and having fully recovered from amnesia 5 years previously, Ben found most incidents to measure up quite poorly to re-discovering he was a full-grown wizard, much less a Dark Wizard catcher.
"That does bring us to my next question, which is for you to relay to me – however tedious you might find this – what they reviewed with you down there." Ben smiled apologetically, hoping it would soften the frustration it might cause the man. "Seeing as you just came there, I'm sure the owl they're planning on sending me won't be following you up anytime soon."
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