Ernest was glad that she nodded, because he did actually need her permission to go interfering with her head — or at least, he wouldn't have done it over her objections. There wasn't a standard protocol for this sort of thing, because he probably wasn't supposed to be undoing Ministry obliviations in the first place. If she was going to come and work for them, though, there was no sense in that memory staying hidden, and if she didn't end up making it through the interview, he could always put the spell back in place.

"Good," he said simply, then began the charm to suppress the memory charm the Ministry had put in place. Removing it entirely without doing any collateral damage to her surrounding memories was a more involved process, and something she could go through when and if they formally hired her; this would suffice for now.

"Now," he said as the magic took effect, "What effect did contact from the creatures have on those in the Atrium? It wasn't explicitly stated; make a deduction."