[ yes, a different kind of granger danger is very real here because regulus is an unknown: how good is he in this timeline? how bad? there's no telling. he listens though, quietly like he's figuring out the truth from it and deciding that he doesn't really care. smiling faintly. if he's surprised that someone other than tom riddle is minister, it doesn't show.

maybe that's a good sign?

maybe it doesn't matter. ] Minister Granger. Not a name I recognize, but--not as though that matters, right? Must mean the nasty disappearances have ended if people with names that don't fit into certain parameters have stopped.

[ a breath. his eyes flick toward the door like he's checking to see if lucius is going to arrive, then he speaks again. ] Does your past line up with this?