Was Draco implying when he was eating that there was something that could be done to save Aberforth from his eventual fate? As such a respected and valued leader within the Resistance that had caused a number of headaches for the regime over the years, it was foolish to imagine that Dumbledore wouldn't be executed. If he was still alive that meant that there was still some value to his life. Perhaps he was being held in one of the special rooms hidden deep in the bowels of the Ministry where the worst of Hermione's work was usually done. The office that she shared with Rabastan on Level Two was where they stored their active case files and held their meetings with interested members of the Ministry. Deep down in Level Eleven, a level most of society didn't even know existed within the building, was where their real work was conducted.