She struggled to formulate her thoughts into words that didn’t sound smug. She couldn’t keep working in a bookstore because she was Hermione Granger. She was the brains of the Golden Trio, Brightest Witch of Their Age, she was meant to change the world. She should be pursuing a mastery like Draco, or writing legislation like Remus, Pansy and Luna were rising stars in journalism, Theo was training to be a curse breaker, Harry was off saving the world, again, and she was working in a bookstore? It wasn’t enough. She should be doing more. Right?