Her mother had taught her about survival, mostly. She was quite progressive, Jean Granger, despite her obsession with keeping Hermione safe from just about every conceivable scenario that might end in tragedy. She taught Hermione how to hunt, how to select berries for different pies and desserts, and how to locate sources of water. Hermione sometimes thought her mother might have guessed what would happen to her, but she always brushed the idea aside; there was no way her own mother could have predicted her untimely death. 