Sloane's brows furrowed at his tone. That was unexpected. First of all, she hadn't talked to Ned about any of this. Nobody knew about her decision to resign until right now. She had agonized over it alone for weeks now, but only because she knew every single one of her friends (save maybe Sisse, but even then), would talk her out of it. This was decision she had come to on her own. Secondly, had she chosen to talk to Ned about it, why was that worth mentioning? She and Ned had discussed his the auror training program at some point this year too, wasn't that a normal topic of conversation for fourth and fifth years?

"I didn't tell anyone," The conversation with Ned had been about this time last year, an offhand conversation while they were escaping the common room for some fresh air. "He and I talked about it last year in a conversation about the creatures in the black lake." Everybody knew Creatures was her favorite class. That wasn't news.

Toying with the broom in her hands, Sloane ran her thumb over the worn, polished handle absentmindedly. "I just think it's for the better," She didn't have a real concrete reason, other than this overwhelming feeling like it wasn't going to work out.