Hermione watches, pauses, lets the story sink in before she shakes her head.
"I never read it, no. But sometimes happiness and pleasure can be the same thing, can't it? Sometimes you can get such joy and pleasure from being happy that it feels like you're flying - and I'd know, I've flown before a few times. It's completely terrifying but sometimes it can be a bit of a thrill as well."
She pauses. He had found pleasure, but he didn't search for happiness. That's fine, she thinks, because she doesn't want him to have to dig and search to be happy; she wants to give it to him, freely, without chains or purchase, because why not? Why wouldn't she want to share her joy with him, offer her heart to him and let her hand go to his to give him comfort? He's still her best friend, after all, even if there is still so much for them to relearn.
"But... Someone once said to me - well, a group of us... 'Happiness can be found, even in the darkest of times, if one only remembers to turn on the light'. I like to turn on the light when I can."
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"I never read it, no. But sometimes happiness and pleasure can be the same thing, can't it? Sometimes you can get such joy and pleasure from being happy that it feels like you're flying - and I'd know, I've flown before a few times. It's completely terrifying but sometimes it can be a bit of a thrill as well."
She pauses. He had found pleasure, but he didn't search for happiness. That's fine, she thinks, because she doesn't want him to have to dig and search to be happy; she wants to give it to him, freely, without chains or purchase, because why not? Why wouldn't she want to share her joy with him, offer her heart to him and let her hand go to his to give him comfort? He's still her best friend, after all, even if there is still so much for them to relearn.
"But... Someone once said to me - well, a group of us... 'Happiness can be found, even in the darkest of times, if one only remembers to turn on the light'. I like to turn on the light when I can."