Re: 9:46
Ginny knew that the rules of small talk dictated that all answers be dripping with positivity. Ginny could handle small talk relatively well, but she usually dropped it after a question or two. Small talk bored her.
"Art isn't my strong point. There was a lot of color, that was nice."
She gave him a curious look. He was in an all wizarding area, in a pro-isolationist country, and he still spoke civily. She supposed he wasn't completely daft, just a bit of a prat with remnants of a broomstick shoved up his rear. Perhaps he was up to something... or very drunk.
"So, that was quite a speech Hermione delivered, of course, she is brilliant, that can't be denied. Some of our most talented are Muggleborns."
Yes, she would try to push his buttons to the extreme.