"You have gone too far this time messing with time and hurting the people who have been there for you through all of the darkest periods of your life." Already he could feel a fissure building in his heart, Hermione's demand harming the bond the Rime Diamonds had fought so valiantly to forge. He knew he teetered on the edge of danger with what he wanted to say next, but found he could not hold back the words. "You, right now, are not the Hermione I fell in love with, and I am afraid that no matter how hard I try to tell you otherwise, that she may be gone for good."