*Hestia reenters the room after collecting herself and slinks back into the corner near Lily. The talk of house-elves is somewhat foreign to her, as she never had them growing up; she doesn't really understand the politics of it all. Regulus was a former classmate of hers, but she only ever saw him hanging around Barty Crouch Jr., so this news is of little surprise to her.

Hestia notices one of the twins looking rather serious regarding the house-elf issue and realizes based off his clothing that he was the one who was smiling at her before. Finding his concern for house-elves admirable, Hestia involuntarily blushes and looks down at her feet.*

Would a more confidential way of communicating with Regulus be of some use to getting more information from him? I... I've been working on a runic code for us and perhaps... perhaps he would feel comfortable working with us if he were to feel safe about doing so?