"Surprise, surprise," she returned dryly, "I'm not much of a hunter, either." She knew that wasn't the point, and though she understood what Kirk was getting at, that didn't exactly mean it was something she wanted to hear.

"Bait. You're saying we're essentially bait. We should go out, make the same mistake everyone else has, and hopefully the same terrible thing that happened to them will happen to us, only we'd be better equipped to deal with it." Sighing, Hermione knew it wasn't really the worst possible idea. Splitting up would be the worst possible idea. At least there was some semblance of safety in numbers. "Well, I suppose there's nothing for it."