"And I was there for when they made it legal for Aurors to use the last time around. I saw the change in my the people I work with every day," she said. "They were subtle, but there, and if people didn't see them in the last war it was because the war was over sooner," she said. "You had a war that lasted a couple of years, the one I remember lasted a decade."
"I'm hoping this will be closer to the second than the first in length." And she doubted the Unforgivables would be what stopped it. She hoped it wouldn't be.
She looked at him, wondering what he wasn't saying, then nodded. "Has it been challenging to remain single in your family?" she asked. "If you don't mind me asking, of course. I've just observed that marriage and children seem to be the norm." Even for Sirius and Jamie, though she didn't add that. Other than Marlene she'd told no one, and intended to tell no one. It was their secret to keep or tell.