She was maintaining her composure; he was impressed. The memories that he'd returned to her would have been alarming for nearly anyone, since creatures like those didn't exist outside of the Department of Mysteries. He'd expected her to have a more obvious reaction to the wheelchair, too, now that she had more context for it. She might have made any assumption in the world upon first seeing it, but now she would know what the inciting incident had been for his newfound disability. At least, she'd have to be an idiot not to piece that much together, and he didn't get the impression she was an idiot. She'd comported herself well throughout the interview so far, and was keeping her wits about her as she pressed forward.
"That's not a bad conjecture," he said with a nod. "Incorrect, but well-founded. You will have surmised, of course, that the creatures came from our department. We study them. For what purpose would we do that?" he continued, asking another question that she could not possibly know the answer to just to see how she guessed at it.

"That's not a bad conjecture," he said with a nod. "Incorrect, but well-founded. You will have surmised, of course, that the creatures came from our department. We study them. For what purpose would we do that?" he continued, asking another question that she could not possibly know the answer to just to see how she guessed at it.
