"Being random is perfectly fine with me," Aidan replied and set off at a leisurely pace that led them toward the lake. For all means, they looked like a couple taking a stroll and that was just what Aidan intended them to look: harmless and unassuming.
"You see." He started quietly. "From what I can tell things are reminding me far too much of the way they were before You-Know-Who came to power the last time around and from what I can tell the Ministry is acting as ignorant as ever." Aidan scoffed. So much for learning from past mistakes.
"We – that is Terry Boot and I – have been mulling things over and we thought it might be good to get a bit more...attentive." He shrugged. "I'm just so very sick of being a victim, so this time around I'd like to be prepared. And avoid a situation where it's up to a coupe of teenagers to clean up the mess the adults didn't get a grip on." Aidan added with a small smile at Hermione.