[ not here doesn't mean not dead. not here doesn't mean not hurting. not here doesn't mean those voices aren't real, that harry and ron aren't reaching out to her through the veil, that this isn't another repeat of the department of mysteries, strange experiences far beyond that which logic can control.
hermione so often latches to logic as a grounding force, but it's been slipping from her over the last few days. no sun, no light, just the fire-flicker of her lantern in the dark of her room, nothing but the occasional sounds and sights of ghosts she can't seem to stop for company.
is she alone? ]
I don't know.
[ perhaps that's the worst of it. the not knowing. the uncertainty that breeds fear, without a rational resolution to make it stop. she's tried all she can think of and then some, and yet... ]
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hermione so often latches to logic as a grounding force, but it's been slipping from her over the last few days. no sun, no light, just the fire-flicker of her lantern in the dark of her room, nothing but the occasional sounds and sights of ghosts she can't seem to stop for company.
is she alone? ]
I don't know.
[ perhaps that's the worst of it. the not knowing. the uncertainty that breeds fear, without a rational resolution to make it stop. she's tried all she can think of and then some, and yet... ]