Behind her, Hermione frowns as Red tries to explain, though it doesn't really make a whole lot of sense. She's acting as though they're from two completely separate... not just worlds, but realities. She would know if there was another magical world or pocket dimension or whatnot tucked away somewhere, wouldn't she? She couldn't imagine not having come across even rumors of such a thing.
She can almost buy someone having met Robin Hood, if it turns out that he's some sort of ancient wizard of legend or if she'd somehow had access to a Time-Turner. It's the talk of Snow White that makes her stop, looking at her incredulously. She doesn't mean to, but it's hard not to.
"If you mean fairy tales being real in the sense that they're the basis for legends, I could believe you. I've seen as much for myself, and fairly recently, too." Not that she'd grown up with those particular fairy tales, but Ron and others who'd been raised in magical families certainly had, and there'd been a lot of truth to "The Tale of the Three Brothers" that had helped them throughout the war. "But if you mean actual fairy tale characters being real and alive and not just individuals who'd lived once upon a time and had their stories recorded, I don't know what to make of that."
She doesn't stop applying the dittany for too long, though, even if that frown stays fixed as she continues. "Are you trying to say we're from separate worlds entirely? As in alternate realities? Because I know for a fact that Snow White has never existed, or if she did, it had been so long ago that her story has been altered throughout history; dwarves certainly exist, and a cursed apple isn't beyond the scope of possibility, but being woken up by a kiss...! Robin Hood might have once been a person, but-...."
Cutting herself off, she turns her head enough to try and look at Red's face, still thoroughly confused. "What do you mean, back at home? And how can you acknowledge them as fairy tales if you're claiming to know these people? Do you just walk into a world where fictional characters come to life but live the rest of your time someplace else?"
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She can almost buy someone having met Robin Hood, if it turns out that he's some sort of ancient wizard of legend or if she'd somehow had access to a Time-Turner. It's the talk of Snow White that makes her stop, looking at her incredulously. She doesn't mean to, but it's hard not to.
"If you mean fairy tales being real in the sense that they're the basis for legends, I could believe you. I've seen as much for myself, and fairly recently, too." Not that she'd grown up with those particular fairy tales, but Ron and others who'd been raised in magical families certainly had, and there'd been a lot of truth to "The Tale of the Three Brothers" that had helped them throughout the war. "But if you mean actual fairy tale characters being real and alive and not just individuals who'd lived once upon a time and had their stories recorded, I don't know what to make of that."
She doesn't stop applying the dittany for too long, though, even if that frown stays fixed as she continues. "Are you trying to say we're from separate worlds entirely? As in alternate realities? Because I know for a fact that Snow White has never existed, or if she did, it had been so long ago that her story has been altered throughout history; dwarves certainly exist, and a cursed apple isn't beyond the scope of possibility, but being woken up by a kiss...! Robin Hood might have once been a person, but-...."
Cutting herself off, she turns her head enough to try and look at Red's face, still thoroughly confused. "What do you mean, back at home? And how can you acknowledge them as fairy tales if you're claiming to know these people? Do you just walk into a world where fictional characters come to life but live the rest of your time someplace else?"