Whether Tonks realized Gawain's brief notice of her empty left hand couldn't be told. She certainly showed no outward sign, but then beneath those forced business layers of expression she looked half asleep anyway. She crossed her legs beneath her robes, trying to get comfortable in the chair even as she sat up stiffly straight. She kept her eyes mainly upon the paper below, finishing reading her assignment before she finally looked back to the pair.
"Yaxley, though never confirmed, certainly seems among those who considers his blood better than other's. He might be a liability. I hope I am wrong. But, if he does consider that, then he might have issue with both Savage and myself. I suppose this assignment alone will give him a chance to show is true colours." Tonks responded in utter earnesty, though her eyes now lifted to stare straight at Robards, as if she could read his loyalty in his reaction to those simple words.