His brow furrowed as he considered her question. He didn't eat in the cafeteria all that often - most of the time he took things to his office, and there were occasions that he got so wrapped up in his work that he didn't eat at all. Those occasions were generally followed by ravenous raids of his fridge later, and the occasional antacid potion, but there was no need to tell Gray any of that.
"Usually," he answered. "Why? Do you know something I don't?" On second thought, perhaps he ought not have to asked that.
He glanced around peripherally before speaking about the Minister. "It's been busy," he said, taking care to mind what he said. "Particularly with the new positions being created, the meetings..." He shrugged a bit; if it weren't for the imminent sense of doom hanging over everyone, it would almost seem normal. "I've had to endure more Howlers than usual, but that's no surprise. People, ah, don't like change."