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Pandora was not surprised to see him stifle a yawn and certainly didn't take it personally. The man looked fit to drop. She thought that if she presented him with a pillow, he would fall asleep right there at his desk.
She blinked when he was so candid about Rex Vindictus. "I had never met the man before, I'm still not entirely sure why I was sent to him and not you." Her pique was perhaps evident in her voice as she added "I can't say that his attitude has increased my already limited patience for Quidditch."
She bit her lip, considering if she should express her thoughts or just meekly accept what he was saying. It was almost like she couldn't help herself, her usual ability to keep her mouth shut abandoning her again. There was something about Chad Stryker that provoked her into speech when perhaps she would be better off keeping her own council. Keeping her voice level and polite she said. "Sir, I'm sorry but you are making it sound like I pulled my opinions out of my backside. I spent the twelve years between school and my father's death studying Magical Creatures, including goblin relations. I'm not sure how many other members of staff speak fluent gobbledigook, but I don't think it can be that many." She was cut off by him conceding that he had not been as accommodating as he could have been. "To be honest, I have wondered wether if I had expressed my self more eloquently, you might have changed your mind but," she paused, wondering if finishing the sentence would be a good idea but pressing ahead anyway, "I have the impression that you were firmly settled on that course of action. Again, my attitude was not as it should have been and I apologise. I am not usually so... forceful about my opinions. I can usually find more effective way of expressing myself." She wasn't sure if that was strictly true anymore but this was not the moment to be honest about that.
When he complimented her and told her that he would like her to stay in the department she smiled. "Thank you sir, I would like to stay. I know you're busy, so unless there's any thing else, I'll leave you to it." She stood up and held out her hand for him to shake. "There's good strong coffee in the break room, I hope you don't mind me saying so, but you really look like you could do with a cup." She added with a wry smile, turning to leave.
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