The formality of Ginny's tone still sounded so foreign to her former friend's ears. There had been a time when they were very close. Now, they were complete strangers. Each woman had a hardness to their personality that had developed as they grew older. Their younger selves likely wouldn't even recognize the people they had to become to survive in their world. It was a fact that should have devastated Hermione and it likely would have, if she allowed herself to dwell on the past. There was nothing to be gained from looking backwards to imagine what might have been.