The hardening of Hermione's heart began at that exact second. Listening to him describe how several of his followers wanted her killed stirred something within herself. She didn't recognize it at the time, but it was the moment that she began putting her survival first above everything else. Amycus Carrow suggested she be tortured with the Cruciatus Curse until her bodily functions shut down. Walden Macnair wanted to lock her up in a cage full of starving manticores. Salazar Selwyn thought it would be diverting to chain her up down in the dungeons for target practice or tension release until she was too broken to survive.