To Alecto's credit, she didn't cry or plead or beg for her life. She knew that the moment she'd been dreading for her entire wretched existence was finally upon her. Perhaps she was even relieved that she no longer had to keep fighting. It was how Hermione felt the day she was tied to the chair in Aubin's cottage after all. Though it wasn't as much fun killing someone who didn't try to fight back or who wasn't sobbing, nonetheless Hermione took her time. She wanted to extend the process as long as possible. Her training and expertise meant they could have remained in that small office for many, many hours if she so desired. There was an art to keeping a victim alive while still inflicting maximum pain. Only Thorfinn's impatience and his reminder that they couldn't remain in the offices for long sped up the process.