The thought occurred to her to offer a platitude, like if his family was poor there was no shame, but she wasn't the best at knowing the best time for assurances or things of that nature. Connecting beyond a superficial level had never been her strongest suit, students were easier, there was almost a preset process for connecting with them.
He brought up the topic of travelling, implying he had a strong interest in it, he said he wanted to travel and that his career choice was partially rooted in it, but she had found with those sorts of things if you were young, healthy, and intelligent there were ways. At least for them, they had magic. Muggles were a bit of a different story. Muggles couldn't conjure their own food.
With that level of ambition and motivation, no wonder the sorting hat put him where it did. Or maybe he was lying to himself. Or her. Always a possibility, "Or you could run errands and grade the same papers day in and day out," She shrugged, "I do think those are pretty close to travelling the world and curse breaking." Throwing a bit more grass at him with a casual smile she shrugged, "But you're young." Standing she stretched her arms and rolled her neck. Her comments were not meant to be cruel, just her frank thoughts, "Well Dominic, it was talking to you. Feel free to come by if you want to talk again. But now I am hungry."