But Hermione has no energy to put in the effort to look braver than she feels, to come across stronger than the fact she hasn’t been shaken to her core. She is severed into parts, jagged and loose—completely drained, with the fight in her vanished now that the adrenaline has passed and all that's left of her is broken limbs and torn skin. No amount of gold can put together the shattered vase that is her body into something redeemable, and precious.