[ At first, she thinks she might be hurting the woman by releasing the shackles, which is probably ridiculous to think but still makes her say: ] I'm so sorry, I'll try to be quick about this.
[ But being closer to her legs means that she sees - and smells - the rotten flesh, so it does dawn on her. They're numb, from being tied up. Necrotic, maybe, from being...god, who knows. Maybe she's undead, but coherent. Maybe this is a mistake.
It doesn't take a genius to take one look at both Hermione and Vi's determined faces and know that neither of them would be comfortable with leaving this place, knowing this woman is tied up here. With gods know what creatures, hungering below.
So, come what may. In for a penny. They didn't put her in Gryffindor for nothing, she gets to make some mistakes.
Once the legs are freed, she waits until Vi catches the woman, and unlocks her arms as well, liberating her right arm first. ]
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[ But being closer to her legs means that she sees - and smells - the rotten flesh, so it does dawn on her. They're numb, from being tied up. Necrotic, maybe, from being...god, who knows. Maybe she's undead, but coherent. Maybe this is a mistake.
It doesn't take a genius to take one look at both Hermione and Vi's determined faces and know that neither of them would be comfortable with leaving this place, knowing this woman is tied up here. With gods know what creatures, hungering below.
So, come what may. In for a penny. They didn't put her in Gryffindor for nothing, she gets to make some mistakes.
Once the legs are freed, she waits until Vi catches the woman, and unlocks her arms as well, liberating her right arm first. ]