He considers that a long moment, flicking a faint smile in response to hers.
Forgetting is, of course, bothersome. It is, in a way, rendering things insignificant -- they will no longer be significant to them if they cannot remember, although in his heart the events have value regardless. They simply wouldn't impact his future decisions, unless in some fashion the memories did return later.
Still, one thing here is important:
"If you are resilient now," he says, "it is because you are capable of resilience, you always were and you will be capable again."
That isn't some quality unique to their location, it is a quality in Hermione herself.
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Forgetting is, of course, bothersome. It is, in a way, rendering things insignificant -- they will no longer be significant to them if they cannot remember, although in his heart the events have value regardless. They simply wouldn't impact his future decisions, unless in some fashion the memories did return later.
Still, one thing here is important:
"If you are resilient now," he says, "it is because you are capable of resilience, you always were and you will be capable again."
That isn't some quality unique to their location, it is a quality in Hermione herself.