The more they practised, the better she got behind her brandished wand. Theo could see the confidence brimming behind her eyes and before long they could not best each other, even with Theo’s added magical prowess from the bonding - Hermione was now his equal. Her determination to find her bond was apparently enough to give her the upper hand. Theo worried that he was becoming too reliant on his own enhanced abilities and so he pushed himself further, stretching his powers until he could feel the tug inside him, trying to reel them back in. When Hermione finally bonded, she would triple him in magical ability and so he worked harder to, trying to keep up so they could be a united force. 