Hermione looked up at Percy's voice as she worked on the very full plate of food. She realized then that Percy wasn't part of the DA, might not even know what it was, so even though the others had been there for the discussion last night, Percy hadn't heard about her possible transfer of departments, and she had no idea what he might think, or if he'd approve of what they as a group were doing. "Nothing terribly interesting has been going on in my department," she started, unaware of what Ron had said to him the previous day. "I think a lot of my coworkers have been suffering from the nightmares. No one says anything, but they're all zombies practically. I was actually thinking of making a transfer to the Department of Mysteries, so I could help in the investigations going on. I feel a bit useless in my current job. How are things going for you?"
She leaned into Ron a little, taking comfort in his presence and hoping his bad mood wouldn't lash out at his older brother.