Rodolphus was even more insidious than she ever imagined. Had he been grooming her from the very beginning to become someone, something she didn't want to be? She hadn't realized what changes to her personality and her belief system came about naturally as a result of surviving the lost war and what was thrust upon her with memory charms, illegal potions, and questionable spells. Which thoughts were her own and which thoughts had been carefully and skillfully planted inside her mind? Hermione feared that she would never know the true scope of his treachery.