Figuring he didn’t want a response, I smiled and returned to the task at hand. If I was reading his words correctly, I had a feeling this meeting was going to be interesting. After the failure at the ICW a few weeks ago, I had been staring at the dwindling support for the war. The people were returning to their fearfulness and hopelessness, just like they were at the end of the Ministry’s life. As much as I wanted to have more Aurors on patrol, they were being diverted to respond to attacks. 