But here was Hermione, invading his space without ceremony. Harry submitted to the intrusion willingly, urging his invisible ward to cover her, too. For she was also in need of healing, and as vulnerable as he. Touch had become something to recoil from ... the tortures she'd endured had conditioned her mind to automatically decide that physical contact with another human being was functionally equivalent to hurting. Harry was pointedly aware of these particular scars. Hermione was suffering with intense residual pain in her body, and Harry knew he was crossing fortified defensive lines with her emotionally, too.