Hermione let out a heartrending mewling noise, she was faced with her obliviated parents. During the past 7 years she had spent on the run, one of her chief comforts (after any setbacks) was that her parents were safe in Australia, their presence in front of her today, crushed that formerly comforting notion. Although there was no spark of recognition behind their dead eyes, Hermione continued to sob as her parents went about their business as if they were in their suburban dental surgery.