Charity smiled softly for a few reasons, clearly much like herself, he enjoyed a nice rain fall. Secondly, she had seen him smiling into his cup of tea at her comment about being offended. She just didn't choose to call him out on it. "I'm sure you will." she smiled at him.
She decided that if he wasn't going to talk, she would. "I went backpacking across France this summer. Very freeing experience." she said, sipping at her tea and staring into the fire. "Almost took my mind off my dissertation." she added as an after thought, more to herself than to Severus.