Re: Padma and Theo
"Thank you." As Padma took his hand to shake on the arrangement, it was with a relieved smile. When it came to understanding esoteric magic, she knew Hermione and Draco were assets. But, she also knew they would side with Harry over her no matter what, whether he was right or not. Plus, there was the added complication that her trust in all three of the 'Golden Trio', but Hermione especially, had been greatly damaged when obliviating her against her will was insisted upon. Having a 'second in command', as it were, that she could trust to put the work ahead of the personalities would help.
"Sounds like the beginning of a beautiful partnership," she added. "And a busy one. I've started talking to some of the others about helping with the context research. I was hoping you could run point on working with the other purebloods on brainstorming some possibilities for the familial magic, sorting through the books they brought back from the manors in the beginning. I'm going to talk to my sister to see when she and I can go to our parents' this weekend. If I wasn't working on this at the Ministry, I'd have done the work there. We can get any of the family spellbooks that might still be there while we're at it."