Alice, perhaps the worst chess player in the wizarding, managed to get the analogy though it was hard for her to wrap her head around. How could Rodolphus be anyone’s pawn? Nodding, she really had no idea how to respond to that.
Smiling a little sheepishly, Alice shuffled her feet back and forth. “Did you want to…do something? I am kind of hungry, maybe we could sneak to the kitchens and get a snack? Or go for a walk?” Her voice was tight with the anxiety she felt about the conversation they needed to have.