Yes — [ of course she knows it's not real. it's all in her head, of course it is. but that doesn't make them any less unsettling, or make the feel of ice down her spine any less chilling. ] Yes, I know.
[ it does not help that hermione is not in the habit of asking for help. she has always been enough on her own, whether it be to know the answer or to find it or to implement it in some fashion; she always has managed between her mind and her work-ethic to get to the end of a challenge.
except, her mind taunts her now, with the horcrux hunt. she hadn't won that out, had she? no, she'd gone and died while trying to apparate, splinching herself as if she hadn't passed her apparition test with a perfect score, a brilliant study in calm environments but apparently a disastrous failure when push came to shove. her only saving grace in that moment was that she hadn't killed harry along with her.
and now, so soon after arriving, does she find herself failing again. it isn't a feeling she relishes — and yet, even still, peter reminds her: it's just halloween. it's just ghosts and poltergeists. they must be scarier in whatever dimension this is, meant to truly frighten rather than just spook in the dark.
she's over-reacting, isn't she? ]
I know it isn't. I'm sorry to have bothered you about it.
[ he must think she's quite stupid, getting out of sorts about this. is everyone else handling it so... easily? ]
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[ it does not help that hermione is not in the habit of asking for help. she has always been enough on her own, whether it be to know the answer or to find it or to implement it in some fashion; she always has managed between her mind and her work-ethic to get to the end of a challenge.
except, her mind taunts her now, with the horcrux hunt. she hadn't won that out, had she? no, she'd gone and died while trying to apparate, splinching herself as if she hadn't passed her apparition test with a perfect score, a brilliant study in calm environments but apparently a disastrous failure when push came to shove. her only saving grace in that moment was that she hadn't killed harry along with her.
and now, so soon after arriving, does she find herself failing again. it isn't a feeling she relishes — and yet, even still, peter reminds her: it's just halloween. it's just ghosts and poltergeists. they must be scarier in whatever dimension this is, meant to truly frighten rather than just spook in the dark.
she's over-reacting, isn't she? ]
I know it isn't. I'm sorry to have bothered you about it.
[ he must think she's quite stupid, getting out of sorts about this. is everyone else handling it so... easily? ]