Five days. It took Harry and Ron five days to get them out of there. A lot can happen in five days. A lot did happen in five days. Pain and comfort, brutalities and softness. It confused her then it didn’t. The game continued over and over, for days. Pain if she picked wrong, pain if she displeased Bellatrix. So much comfort when she picked right. She got good at picking right. So good. She became two Hermione’s. The one who would do whatever made Bellatrix happy and the one who did whatever made her friends happy. She would always cannibalize herself for those she loved. Bellatrix knew this and inserted herself in that role. She became Hermione’s prime source of comfort.