[ It might be the most accurate description of how the events transpire: it's not easy to hear, not fun to hear it, and she will need time to process it. At the moment, the frankness is appreciated - and her companion can see that, witness it in the way that Hermione's shoulders drop and then relax upon probably, you also woke up wherever you went to sleep.
And so, here it is: she is a parallel of herself. A version that split from the original, and fell into a new world. Twice. A dream, turned real. And maybe that dream was whatever part of Hermione stayed away from every reactivated beacon, for months, for years on end, claiming she felt responsible for seeing everyone able to leave Akhuras safely. That selfish part that had learned how to use her spells in service of someone else, how to use her brain for a cause that wasn't Save Harry Potter, and had grown incredibly fond of that lesson. The selfish part that had wanted more.
If she went to sleep before it had been her time at the beacon to go home, or if the dream happened while she was being whizzed away - does it matter? This Hermione is here now. (Was there another Hermione here before?)
She'll have to make do. Live, and learn, and follow, and fight, and do all those things she'd secretly wanted to do. Maybe even go as far as to admit those secret wants to someone.
Despite all her silence, and her clear listening to every word, she is still quick to pick up a name. Her eyebrows raise - Doctor Strange? What would be the odds... ] Stephen Strange?
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And so, here it is: she is a parallel of herself. A version that split from the original, and fell into a new world. Twice. A dream, turned real. And maybe that dream was whatever part of Hermione stayed away from every reactivated beacon, for months, for years on end, claiming she felt responsible for seeing everyone able to leave Akhuras safely. That selfish part that had learned how to use her spells in service of someone else, how to use her brain for a cause that wasn't Save Harry Potter, and had grown incredibly fond of that lesson. The selfish part that had wanted more.
If she went to sleep before it had been her time at the beacon to go home, or if the dream happened while she was being whizzed away - does it matter? This Hermione is here now. (Was there another Hermione here before?)
She'll have to make do. Live, and learn, and follow, and fight, and do all those things she'd secretly wanted to do. Maybe even go as far as to admit those secret wants to someone.
Despite all her silence, and her clear listening to every word, she is still quick to pick up a name. Her eyebrows raise - Doctor Strange? What would be the odds... ] Stephen Strange?