"I think you got the assignment and panicked. Or panicked as much as your computer of a brain allowed you to." When the hell had he learned about computers? Hermione was slightly bewildered at the reference. "You knew you were going to reject it, or not accept it, or whatever. So, knowing you, you probably did some research about what happens if you don't do what you're told. Again, knowing you, you had contingencies in place - that letter that Blaise gave to me that was blank - likely something I only could've read if you had died, the porkey to my flat." She broke eye contact then, looking down at her hands with a sad smile. Strange how things like time and distance couldn't erase the things one knew of one's friends.