Despite being told to watch her step, be as unobtrusive as possible and to not get too close to anyone, Hermione had found herself befriending the local rogue. Duke had been flabbergasted that she had known of the troubles and they had bonded over the fact that her government wouldn’t allow any in her community to help. They had talked for hours about every and anything. They had gotten along swimmingly. When Hermione had explained why she was there, they had both wondered if the artifact could be causing some of the Troubles to become more than what they were supposed to be.