Neither of the witches spoke the entire walk to their destination. Even though she was practically buzzing with a number of questions she wanted to ask Ginny, Hermione didn't say a word. One of the lessons she learned from Antonin early on in her training was to keep her questions to a minimum. If it was possible to keep completely silent, that was preferable. Her overeager thirst for knowledge could be seen as a potential weakness. It hadn't been easy, but eventually she learned to keep her thoughts and curiosity to herself. Usually.