Theo smirked. "Well security can hardly be considered my table, can it? How would it look if I were to take over and something went wrong? Not only I would be blamed but the one who put me in charge of such aspects when they're clearly not my field of expertise." Nor was it in his interest.
Besides, we both know that you will not find a single laboratory in the country more equipped to handle this kind of research or people so skilled in the field as in the Department of Mysteries."
He did not push further, knowing it was not only useless but counter-productive. There was a reason why he had arrived only minutes before the scheduled meeting rather than request a meeting of his own earlier. He only needed her to see his proposal, and then make of it what she wanted as he knew she would all the same. There was no point in fighting these things unless he wanted to go through the trouble of persuading the other members of the Wizengamot to replace her. Not only would that be nearly impossible, utterly foolish and incredibly risky, it would go completely against his own agenda. He was quite pleased that someone like Narcissa was the Minster and had no wish for that to change.