The mention of trial transcripts made her look down into her glass for a moment. She knew that he was involved, of course she did, everyone knew that. But honestly, Essery liked to be reminded of the war as little as possible. It hadn't even affected her that personally, her squib relatives were, at least, from pureblood families, but it wasn't a part of their history she wanted to have to remember.
She pushed the thought away with another drink, then shook her head and looked up at him again. "For your first time, I'd say you've done very well. Just takes practice. We might add gossiping sessions to those chess games we'd planned on."