If she is surprised to see him come up from behind her to talk, she doesn't show it today. He has been talking about apocalypses and taking every location as a slow progress to the end of the world, to the point where she's felt sorry for him. Sad for him.

Poor Five, unable to relax.

But - but, by comparison Hermione isn't doing much better. Seeing every location as ultimately another final battle, another Hogwarts, another horcrux hunt..

She finds pockets in her trousers to stick her hands into, watching the crowd.

"I can't imagine what kind of a desperate measure they must have felt they were taking, sticking a whole village into a time loop."

She wanted to feel angry towards the witches that did this to Yancai and its citizens, but all she has mustered up so far has been begrudging respect. She understands desperate measures.

"It must end, regardless. It's not sustainable - and we know she ends up in Taravast as well, possibly after this."