She was far too thin, her bones protruding from her skin in places. She was paler, too, her porcelain skin nearly luminescent in the darkness of the room. Recalling how she'd appeared during labor, Loki suddenly realized that perhaps Hermione was not as healthy as she should have been during her pregnancy. What had Potter told him of her struggles while he'd been away? And then Hermione herself had told him of her urge to die, to take her own life because the anguish of their separation was too much to bare.