"Anyway, it never hurts to try," Ginny cut in before Cho Chang, chiming in. "Kingsley should officially become the Minister for Magic before long. Aside from the thugs in the Auror office, he'll definitely need to cultivate a circle of his own people."
Cho Chang looked at Ginny in utter bewilderment, completely not expecting her to say something like that—she might as well have written "forming cliques" right across her forehead.
"Harry said so," Ginny said, completely unfazed by the astonished looks the two of them were giving her, and explained simply, "If Kingsley wants to achieve his ambitions, he's bound to need his own people, and Hermione clearly fits right in with that crowd."
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