[ The thing is... Hermione has done terrible, awful things as well. She knows she has - the memories won't go away. She's killed with her own hands and she has caused a landslide of horror that had destroyed a castle and all the people inside of it. She had to watch as her best friend cursed her for it, had to try and come to terms with her own self-hatred for what she had done, and now... Now she has to try and work forward from it, if she can.
She almost goes backward with the hug, shaking a little before her arms wrap around Tamamo and rest there for a moment. Their bond is strong, and sure, and she closes her eyes, basking in it for a moment before she breathes out. She might never be able to love Tamamo the way the other woman wants her to, but she does care about her.
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She almost goes backward with the hug, shaking a little before her arms wrap around Tamamo and rest there for a moment. Their bond is strong, and sure, and she closes her eyes, basking in it for a moment before she breathes out. She might never be able to love Tamamo the way the other woman wants her to, but she does care about her.
She's not going to try and fight that. ]
I have no idea what you're talking about.
[ But she squeezes her gently all the same. ]