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[brainiest]

 
"Hello, Hermione Granger here. I must be busy, so please leave a message. Thank you very much!" 

 

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voice; post-battle;

[thebreakingwave]

Are you there?

voice.

[brainiest]

Of course. How are you, Harry?

[thebreakingwave]

I've been better.

[ Harry sounds a bit relieved. This means she hasn't yet heard about his involvement at the battle and while he'd like to spare her the news, he knows he really ought to tell her before she finds out from someone else. ]

I was out at the skirmish.

[brainiest]

Oh? I was too - the big polar bear dog? I didn't... I didn't see you.

[ She pauses, hesitant. ]

Are you alright?

[thebreakingwave]

I stayed up in the air for the most part. It's a good thing you didn't spot me; I was hauling out the injured.

[ She can probably hear him fidgeting. ]

Just in case anyone else tells you or it gets broadcast somehow, I was also there at the end. To go stand with Celegorm when he gave up his shard.

[brainiest]

I didn't attack anyone that wasn't a Troll or an Orc. I wouldn't do that, you know that. And I didn't - I only used stunning spells, really.

[ She tenses, pursing her lips. ]

... How did that go?

[thebreakingwave]

[ He's briefly surprised that she fought 'against' him, but then reason kicks in and he realizes that she had to. If the Unseelie army made it to the castle, it would've been a rout. ]

He died.

[ Another pause. ]

I went as his Second, so I wasn't needed.

[brainiest]

Harry!

[ She's outraged immediately, of course. Of all the stupid, foolish -- ]

Are you completely out of your mind?

[thebreakingwave]

He was going to die, Hermione! And he knew it. We all knew it and there was no doubt about that, but what if it wasn't quick? What if they wanted to show off the body?

No, someone had to go and make sure that it was done clean. I wasn't ...

[ He huffs a sound of frustration as he tries to get the words right. ]

Everyone, no matter who they are or what they've done, they deserve to die well.

[brainiest]

Do you think we'd do that - that the people I fought with would do that? It was a stupid, ugly war, but none of us, no one here, is that cruel.

[ She swallows her frustration, her anger and fear, shaking her head and squeezing her eyes closed. ]

You could have died, Harry. [ AGAIN. ]

[thebreakingwave]

Are you sure? So sure that it's not even a risk?

[brainiest]

Sure enough that I wouldn't risk my life to make sure that it didn't happen!

[thebreakingwave]

[He starts as if he's about to say one thing then stops. Stills. Takes a breath and only then does he pick up the discussion.]

If there was no risk, no real danger that they wouldn't respect the execution, why are you worried?

[brainiest]

Because you're acting reckless all over again. I know you, Harry, and I know this won't be the last time. You promised me you wouldn't do anything stupid, remember?

[thebreakingwave]

It wasn't reckless. Or stupid, but necessary. What else could I have done?

[brainiest]

You should have kept yourself safe, Harry. I - I don't know what to do when I'm not there to help you.

[thebreakingwave]

This was more important.

I'm not saying ... what I mean is, I know it was a risk, but it's one I had to take. If I hadn't and something had gone wrong, what then?

[brainiest]

Just... [ She breathes out, hard. ] How am I ever going to stop worrying about you?

[thebreakingwave]

[Torn between being honest and comforting Hermione, Harry decides to go with the truth.]

I think we'll both just have to live and worry.

[brainiest]

Well. I suppose I was riding a giant polar bear while clinging to the back of a man that can survive a chainsaw to the intestines.

[thebreakingwave]

Must've been a Tuesday.

[brainiest]

Neither of us were seriously hurt or given detention, though?

[thebreakingwave]

See? It's all going to work out. With my charm and your wit, we'll be running the place in a matter of weeks.

[brainiest]

... Well, there is someone here who could help with that.

[thebreakingwave]

Oh, really?