She'd had to find a positive way to look at it, otherwise thoughts and guilt would have completely consumed her. Being an Auror wasn't easy by any definition, but, thinking on it, there weren't many other careers she could really see for herself. She nodded and made a non-committal sound to signify she'd been paying attention. This wasn't something she really wanted to talk about either.
"Well. So!" Cho said, quickly putting a happy grin on her face and clapping her hands together excitedly, "What year were you again? I finished in '97." It was only now that she actually got a better look at Tristan and realized he was a little older than she was. And that he had a nice face. But she kept that part to herself.