"Please, Ron. I know you both have questions about... well a lot of things. But I'm going to tell you... at least some of what happened. And what will happen, most likely. I will answer your questions, but I... need to get through this, first." There was a level of emotion in her voice that had never been present before, at least not in this version of Hermione. She sounded... nearly like she was going to cry. Harry knew none of them would make it through this conversation if she did. He'd been barely managing to hold it together as it was. Ever since Theo had come through the Floo to report Cleo/Cecily to the Auror office (leaving out some rather significant details) and relayed personally to Harry what the assassin had said about Hermione's... condition, Harry had been walking a knife's edge.