She moved to sit where the white pieces here, noting that it wasn't his normal choice to pick the black ones. Perhaps he did have something up his sleeve to win this time. Using the white pieces would be a bit of a change for her as well seeming normally she was the one that preferred the black ones.
As he brought up the Unspeakable position she chewed on her lip a little before answering. It was a sign that she was nervous about something, which when it came to Unspeakables was something often with her. Morag wanted to be one very badly, but Ernie knew from growing up around her it was because of how closely she tried to follow in her mothers footsteps. Who was a tough act to follow and for Morag it seemed even tougher to please.
"No, I had been owling ma about it. But she gave me this whole thing about how there was no way they would even look at an application until it came in with my NEWT grades. So I have been studying very hard instead."