She sighed, "Hermione, your soul was never given a chance to.. Reconnect?" She said, sounding unsure of the right word. "It doesn’t seem that strange that you might have changed just the slightest because of your new life. You even said it in the past; you enjoy hugs now. From what I know and what I have heard, you never liked hugs in your first life. Would it be so hard to imagine that you might have gained a little bit of compassion and mercy because of your parents?"