Hermione shouldn't feel as skeptical about that remark as she does. After all, Anders has never indicated that they aren't friends, or that he doesn't enjoy her company. She'd known that much after their first conversation in the library, when he'd seemed almost envious of the world she'd grown up in. But after seeing what she'd seen in that cave, after witnessing how quickly concern and sympathy and affection had turned to violence, she'd begun to question if she's ever really had any friends here.
She doesn't want to talk while he's working, doesn't want to disturb him or - worse yet - anger him, but she finds herself opening her mouth, a few words escaping before she can hold them back. "Would you still-...?"
She closes her mouth immediately, cutting herself off with a small frown. But regardless of tact or etiquette, she'd already started the question and he's likely to ask after it, so she steels herself for whatever harsh turn this conversation might take and finishes, "Would you still feel that way if I were ever possessed?"
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Hermione shouldn't feel as skeptical about that remark as she does. After all, Anders has never indicated that they aren't friends, or that he doesn't enjoy her company. She'd known that much after their first conversation in the library, when he'd seemed almost envious of the world she'd grown up in. But after seeing what she'd seen in that cave, after witnessing how quickly concern and sympathy and affection had turned to violence, she'd begun to question if she's ever really had any friends here.
She doesn't want to talk while he's working, doesn't want to disturb him or - worse yet - anger him, but she finds herself opening her mouth, a few words escaping before she can hold them back. "Would you still-...?"
She closes her mouth immediately, cutting herself off with a small frown. But regardless of tact or etiquette, she'd already started the question and he's likely to ask after it, so she steels herself for whatever harsh turn this conversation might take and finishes, "Would you still feel that way if I were ever possessed?"