"Only to someone like me who's known James and Sirius half our lives." Remus laughed softly. "I would believe that Potter line, but there's an equal amount of evidence to the contrary about the Black line," he pointed out, smiling as she made herself truly comfortable. "You weren't actually trying to pay attention to Binns, were you? History of Magic was always best for planning pranks and catching up on other homework." That had been one subject where Remus definitely learned more from doing the reading than falling sleep in the lectures.
"Recent is relative. It's recent for you." After all, it wasn't as if she'd lived the ten intervening years to be able to have more distance between the experience and now. "But, that should do fine. The key to this department, really, is remembering that it's not just magical animals we're dealing with, but also beings who are every bit as intelligent and capable as we are. It the biggest dilemma, to be honest. I'm still reworking...well, everything. Designations, terminology, protocols. The previous ministries were lax at best in how they dealt with non-humans, downright cruel in other ways. Not a lot of field work at the moment, but plenty of book work and paperwork sorting out how we intend to proceed. And, a lot of where we will finally settle will require negotiation with the other races." Something that was difficult to do when they couldn't leave the castle and weren't even allowed in the Forest.