"Gray," he amended, forcing his smile up a bit more. "Is that -- oh?" He scrunched up his brow as he tried to remember her, but he couldn't. "Were you...you weren't a Gryffindor, were you?"
Surely not. If that were the case, he'd remember her.
"I understand that," he told her, and noticed her wavering smile. Right. So. This was his chance to glean a little information. "Did you, ah, get the latest memo about the Ministry's newest Commission?"