Rabastan sat across from Alannah in a rather slouchy chair. Anyone else would have been comfortable, however he hated to slouch. So, sitting forward slightly, he asked, clearly intrigued, the one thing that had been bugging him since their meeting under the tree. Actually there were two things that had been bugging him; however this one was more interesting. An educated guess told him she knew more about the Death Eaters than most did.

Hello Alannah, he smiled slightly, realising she probably wasnt exactly comfortable, I was wondering, considering you are supposedly a very quiet person, how did you manage to talk so much around me, especially after certain revelations?

No, he was not so heartless to tell the assembled people about the contents of that conversation by the tree, however she would know perfectly well what revelations he meant.