"Ah, so I've heard about that, congratulations," Ellie said with a nod and smile in Daphne's direction. Really, she wanted to just bloody know how someone was given a position like that without even trying! How unfair was that? But then again, she couldn't blame the other woman for being born into that privileged, or having connections. She had to do what she had to do, right? No sense in being jealous of someone else's life.
At her other questions though, Ellie tried not to let her disappointment show. Because she was just trying to make conversation, and didn't realize how deep the words poked into an open wound. "Nothing solid. Sort of... difficult to make someone believe you're worth hiring when you have no magic. Suppose I should go looking in the muggle world again but... this is my home so... " she shrugged, letting her fingers trail over a dark blue dress robe that looked rather nice.
"I'm sure I'll figure it out though. Can't be down forever, right?"